Poem: Being extinct is really missing

 by Jack Brummet

Among those reported missing or nearly missing:

Dodos, several brands of Whales,
Snail Darters and Spotted Owls,
Pygmy Hippotami and the Flightless Cormorant,

Vancouver Island Marmot and Gavial,
Great Auk and Wild Ass.
Tapir Kagu and Manatee,

Carolina Parakeet and Dire Wolf,
Coelacanth and Blackfooted Ferret,
Snow Leopard and Przewalski's Horse,

And then, Glaciers, virgin forests and monkey flower,
Bigleaf Scurfpea and Spiny Rice,
Interrupted Brome and Greensword.

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