Mere tenants upon this earth
Our own stature we elevate
Devour habitats with the appetite of an anaconda
Bring our home to a critical state
Embarked upon a high adrenaline adventure
Our incessant needs and wants do not abate
Kill cross trample consume anything
Ambitions, fads and greed we must satiate
If species die out, become fading echoes in time
Tis not ours to ponder, they just played out their fate
Of course, we care, look yonder there,
We even have aviaries, aquariums and animals in cage
Our cliques and nations with their summits and demonstrations
We protest, pledge, regulate, give up, oscillate
Impart awareness, make token attempts at conservation
Yet forever the puppeteer, this rigmarole we perpetuate
And when the end it comes, and come it will
Twill be too late to regret repent or mitigate
We seek Atlantis, and Atlantis we shall be
The clock it ticks, and yet in arrogance we procrastinate

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In response to Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #121 and Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s photo challenge #369
Using word prompts from FOWC (echo), Word of the Day (adventure, clique), Your Daily Word Prompt (impart, tenant, fad), The Daily Spur (cross, give), Ragtag Daily Prompt (rigmarole, elevate), MMA Storytime’s Word of the Day (soul, anaconda).
A very thoughtful and inspiring unity of prompts, well done!
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The way of things says we will see our passing…
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You’ve woven these prompts into an evocative tapestry!
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You had some really great lines, and I liked this one in particular: “We seek Atlantis, and Atlantis we shall be”
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Thank you
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