In a pathetic vanquished state
Both hapless and disgraced
You lay on ice
Wide open are your eyes
Our venerable ancient companion
Once a contemporary of the dinosaurs
Yours is such an impressive age
Besides you’d never lived in a cage
And though your fellow tribesmen
Had almost all been exterminated
Percentage-wise
By men (and women)
The real scourge of our Earth
Unwise
Repulsive creatures of an erroneous birth
A divine mistake or an evolutionary blunder
You who have been created
In and for the perfect liberty
Who’d dwelt under the protection
Of the most unfathomable depths
Majestic fellow, my fellow earthling
Without due respect
You were placed on ice
We stare at you
Wide open are your eyes
And then she says oh God
How much is that lovely cod
And now I think of fish and chips
Roobit's Poetry Burrow 