Hi, Tweets, and simmer down, human overpopulationists . . . this is true
dedication: (I love the poem's last line!)

In 1987, a cancer-ridden South African farmer who ran a successful vulture
restaurant, proceeded to his restaurant, left his folded clothing to the
side, went to the middle of the restaurant and shot himself. James A.
Harrison of the University of Cape Town wrote the following poem about the
happening:

A Green Funeral
In the veld in a place where the vultures would see,
he stood naked and killed the cancer with a single shot.

The headlines were sensational, censorious the words,
but Gaia received him without comment and asked no fee.

Too deep for the roots of trees, most lie boxed and rot,
while he is grown in the grass and flown in the birds.


I know that we can't "plan ahead" in that sense here, but the thought is,
in my opinion, great!!

Cheers, Diann

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Diann MacRae
Olympic Vulture Study
22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E.
Bothell, WA 98021
tvulture at vei.net
http://users.vei.net/tvulture/





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