Sense Sonnet - Acher

Conflict of Interest

Extinction of the Whooping Crane
Did just about become a fact;
Poisoned and shot by inhumane,
Wreaking havoc by human act.
To try to fix this manmade plight,
Scientists monitored a nest,
Set in the wild so that there might
Be shown a bird survival test.
This plan was not to be fulfilled.
On tape, the scientists saw that
The nesting Whooping Cranes were killed
Instinctively by one bobcat.

For all the mixed meddling by man,
Nature still has the final plan.