Incredible Poem by Ex-Hunter
>From pp. 283-284 of the 1976 book Beautiful Swimmers by William Warner: [Lem Ward] took to handing out copies of a poem called Remorse by a friend [unnamed] of his who had watched a pair of Canada geese die in mutual embrace: A hunter shot at a flock of geese That flew within his reach. Two were stopped in their rapid flight And fell on the sandy beach. The male bird lay at the water's edge And just before he died He faintly called to his wounded mate And she dragged herself to his side. She bent her head and crooned to him In a way distressed and wild Caressing her one and only mate As a mother would a child. Then covering him with her broken wing And gasping with failing breath She laid her head against his breast, A feeble honk ... then death. This story is true, though crudely told. I was the man in the case. I stood knee deep in the drizzle and cold And the hot tears burned my face. I buried the birds in the sand where they lay, Wrapped in my hunting coat, And I threw my gun and belt in the Bay When I crossed in the open boat. Hunters will call me a right poor sport And scoff at the thing I did; But that day something broke in my heart, And shoot again? God forbid! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com contact owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] no flaming arguing or denigration of others allowed contact owner with complaints regarding posting/list or anything else. Thank you. please share/comment/inform and mostly enjoy this list Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quick_vegetarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
