The Gulf
October 25, 2018
Marc J. Yacht
Pristine and then discovered
They looked for gold
There was none
But there were soaring birds.
Giant Frigates and plumed Egrets
Graceful cranes and the Cormorant
Pink Flamingos and white Ibises
Lovely spoonbills and snipes
Oh, those feathers
So lovely in hats
A lady’s fashion for the Avenue
And they took them and took them.
Leaping Tarpons, can’t eat them
But so graceful in the water
Silver shiny jewels of the sea
And they took them and took them.
In the marshes, black gold
Filthy, fouling the air, waters and land
And they dug and they drilled
On the land and in the sea, they took it.
Then Fedders AC paved the way
Cooled air invited the developers
Sea walls went up destroying the mangroves
And they built and they built.
Industry joined the neighborhood
Uncontrolled deadly effluent
Filled the gulf and the bays
And it flowed and it flowed.
But Eden fought back
Deadly hurricanes gave their warning
Structures and carpetbaggers felt the wrath
And they blew and they blew.
In time man’s folly will be rewarded
And Nature will reclaim its own.