sadness profound

raptors once sound

now hopping around.

 

garbage they seek

making them weak

feathers now reek.

 

too sick for flight

or to fight off the mites

and gut destroying parasites,

 

with a gross unnatural synergy

the last of majestic Eagle energy

soon fading into lethargy.

 

last hour soaring sadly high

and like John Denver, love to fly

but run out of fuel, crash and die.

 

farm-fish naysayers decry, 

we've screwed our sacred salmon supply.

 

LR 2010.Oct.24

Jericho Beach