Endangered Species Poem by Phillip Carroll Morgan

herds of buffalo
gone now
you search the undulating
sea of grass
near campo and wildhorse
for the great hairy horned whales
but none surface
instead
if you look carefully
you see the shallow swimming
hahe issi
the pronghorn
antelope
you identify with
this striped sailfish
skimming the surface
a harpoon's throw away
from hungry nesters
diving
for the cereal great plains
plankton seed
visible
but fast