Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Cuisine and Shame Do you know that, strangely now, Early Atlantic slaves were feed the then, undesirable lobster? Now, so desired as a special, tasty food, Captured by the millions--such a profusion of buoys, Attached to a jungle of lines and traps; So many, that the entangled Right Whale's survival Hangs in the balance of a tipping scale Between wanted cuisine on the one hand and the shame of Needlessly destroying yet another fellow species on the other. Frank Maurer 12 November 2022 0905 AM