Countdown

Countdown

A Poem by Terry O'Leary
"

No rhythm, no rhyme, no reason

"

~12000 BC        Sabre Tooth Tiger

~  1650 BC        Mammoth

    1681              Dodo

~  1890              Falkland Islands Wolf

    1918              Carolina Parakeet

    1938              Schomburgk's Deer

~  1960              Javan Tiger

    1973              Tecopa Pupfish

    1975              Round Island Burrowing Boa

    1979              Dutch Alcon Blue Butterfly

    1994              Golden Toad

    2000              Pyrenean Ibex

    2002              Baiji White Dolphin

    2004               Black-faced Honeycreeper

    2006              West African Black Rhino

    2015              Pinta Island Tortoise

    20??              Homo Sapiens


© 2020 Terry O'Leary


My Review

Would you like to review this Poem?
Login | Register




Reviews

Homo sapiens are too selfish to die out, though at some point we'll probably annihilate each other.
In saying that, we'd have to get the weapons off Amazon since China is off the menu.

Posted 4 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Terry O'Leary

4 Years Ago

Perhaps it is Homo sapiens' greed ("too selfish") that will lead to our annihilation by nuclear war,.. read more

Share This
Email
Facebook
Twitter
Request Read Request
Add to Library My Library
Subscribe Subscribe


Stats

47 Views
1 Review
Rating
Added on April 17, 2020
Last Updated on April 17, 2020

Author

Terry O'Leary
Terry O'Leary

France



About
a physicist lacking gravity... learning more and more... about less and less... until we finally know... everything about nothing... more..

Writing