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Lionel Abrahams

The Write Stuff vol. 6

ENDANGERED SPECIES

(to J)

When those superior beings
from outer space arrive
to guide or chide us
or to take from us
or save from us
our battered little planet -
will they (I wonder
while watching you smile)
appreciate how excellent
humankind can be?

 

© Lionel Abrahams

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