Karen Shaffer
(or is it Shaeffer
or Schaffer or Schaeffer
or Schafer or Schaefer
or Shaefer or Shafer) reported
that
Ohio Dept of Natural Resources
men were undeterred by
the screams and fright
of parent peregrine falcons
as they invaded the nest
in a building to
band the young
and needle them to
withdraw blood
The chauvinists in the
department call the
father 'buckeye'
and the mother only
by her band coordinates:
SW
ODNR has in many ways
taught the young of Ohio
to kill
Dave Scott, Andy Ware,
and other spokespersons for
the department justify
the practices.
God calm the hearts of all
animals ODNR has disturbed.
ODNR has cooperated with NRA
which spends tens of millions
of dollars every 2 years
helping keep the US the most
violent nation on earth.
GOD dismantle the NRA
and the ODNR now.
(This poem is not necessarily the point of view
of the WCPN reporter)