The survivor

by CD Richards

When all the moose and caribou are heads upon a wall
When tigers, bears and lions take their final curtain call
When monkeys and gorillas cease to be through lack of trees
When fishing nets mean dolphins have all drowned beneath our seas
When all the wild horses have been shot to feed our dogs
When ponds poisoned by run-off have got rid of all the frogs
When rhino horn and snake penis are only on our shelves
When humans find the last thing they destroy on Earth's themselves
When poisonous emissions choke all animals and plants...
Will cockroaches become the planet's sole supervivants?

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supervivant (n.) a survivor.

My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.

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