Anthropocene

By Steve Van Allen
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Earth

hawaiian honeycreeper
guam flying fox
bachman’s warbler
yellow blossom pearlymussel
scioto mad tom
mariana fruit bat

          Gone forever

plastic
pollution
logging
drilling
hate
asphalt
microplastics
cancer 

          Cannot leave soon enough

butterfly 
the only thing moving
this hot afternoon 

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