Benjamin, the last Thylacine, died on 6 September 1933 in the Hobart Zoo
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does anyone
remember Benjamin?
he died under the harvest moon
or at least around that time
brawny Benjamin
was last
on record
Thylocine extinct
colossal loss
what right had Benjamin to die
from barking up the wrong tree
when he
was the
last one
humans have
no love
for anything we have deemed lesser
brave Benjamin died in a cage
he would
have preferred
the wood
~ornery owl~
prompts
Prompt: Write about an endangered or extinct species
Prompt: Write a love or anti-love poem
I wrote about charitable love rather than romantic love. The Thylacine was treated with blatant disregard by humanity, which is the opposite of love.
Prompt: Write a Trinet
Phrase: Barking up the wrong tree
The Icky, Sticky, Nit-Picky Legalese If You Please (Or Don't Please)
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