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Fire
A torch is lit, the lizard lurches. The torch is carried, the parrot pales. The torch is dropped, the beetle bawls. The torch burns and the snake shivers. The bushes crackle and the froggy faints. The plants are charred and the monkey mourns. The trees are sizzling, the gorilla grieves. A rain comes up, and falls. When it is gone, it leaves behind a barren land of wet ashes. The lizard lurches, the parrot pales. The beetle bawls, the snake shivers. The froggy faints, the monkey mourns and the gorilla grieves. We humans have scorched these animals forests as well as their hearts. The animals have a right to live here. Do we?
Nov 30/98 |