Man Alone

 

                         The sun glories  in what it does

                         carnivore consume

                         in nature's pursuit

                         only man

                                  assume a posture

                                  to cover his guilt

 

                         Salmon leap backward

                         across torrents to spawn

                         lemmings find fate in genocide

                         only man

                                  mimics a smile

                                  to conceal the fraud

 

                         Plants turn to the sun

                         sweet in their grace

                         mammals of the sea

                         forge a greater bond

                         only man

                                  builds a tale

                                  to seduce the truth

 

                         Herbivore graze upon the land

                         look up with eyes

                         that are friendly and kind

                         but righteous to the last

                         only man

                                  will practice immolation

                                  on a pyre self induced

 

 

                                                          Jack Mashman

                                                          Rev. 1994