The Common Myna
According to the Common
Myna
Life in Oz could not be
finer
Ample ecologic niches
Full of gastronomic
riches.
To refugees from lands
afar
The Aussie door is left
ajar
From the overcrowded
Ganges delta
Come Common Mynas seeking
shelter.
Mind you, stress can be
intense
When translocating
continents
To achieve an immigration
mission
You can’t dismiss the
competition.
Kites, magpies and
Currawong
All do their best to do
them wrong
Goannas, snakes and many
others
And don’t forget those
Kookaburras.
They steal their nests,
eat their young
When settling in has just
begun
And believe you me I do
not jest
When I say specific
prejudice.
Mind you one can
understand
These natives think it is
their land
Millenia of evolution
Occupation and collusion.
But it’s hard to
comprehend the hate
From the pale-skinned
primate
Also recent immigrants
From over crowded
continents.
These humans flaunt their
shameless skill
For destroying habitats at
will
Converting ancient forest
tall
Into ugly urban sprawl.
They eliminate all
competition
With poison, plough and
land division
And into fragile habitats
Bring rabbits, foxes,
toads and cats.
And thus it seems to be to
me
Such unashamed hypocrisy
Amidst destruction caused
by them
The Common Myna to
condemn.
Geoff Ryan
2010
