Snoozy
phascolartctos cinereus, indifferent to the world below;
For
aeons we let that world go by, but our creeping ghetto isolation,
Without
a blow, without a sigh, is wiping out our population.
While
we koalas are protected our habitat is not,
When
illegal logging fells our home, precious leaves are left to rot.
Starving
we are forced to roam, but in the bush our fate is grim
Down
on the ground and helpless when daylight’s getting dim
We’re
completely at the mercy of attacking dogs and cars that speed.
They
smash our bones, kill our young, leave us lying there to bleed.
While
red-neck councillors and strutting pollies display us for the gaze
Of
VIPs, foreign tourists get their jollies nursing us in sanctuaries
Ignoring
the cause of our fearful plight, the death of our habitat.
Please,
human beings, take up the fight before Phascolarctos cinereus
Forever
will depart.
- Dorothy
Hillis
 |
| Photo: Stan Mussared |
