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'Poems for the Seals of La Jolla', by various artists...
| HARBOR SEAL by Joey Racano Ever wonder how you'd feel if you were a Harbor Seal? Harbor Seal with no safe harbor, Tree without a day of arbor The time has come to trust in Man join your cousin of the land Place your flipper in my hand Have your babies on the sand' BEAUTIFUL SEALS OF THE SAND by Robyn Levash Oh little one Sun bather of the sands Lover of the sun Admired from afar . . . By the people of the lands Oh little one What's happened to this safe haven? Your home . . . look what they've done Removed you and your young So where do you go now? Because you're high strung You're no longer allowed? Oh little one It's not the same without you You bring us much laughter and fun Mother Earth feels it's wrong of us too Because you cannot speak You must trust in us to do so The best outcome for you . . . we'll seek So you never have to worry . . . and have a safe place to go IF YOU WERE A SEAL, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL by Cindy Benner You have a home where you can lie day after day You don’t know others want to take it away. You give birth to your babies on the sand It’s a beautiful event – it’s truly grand. You nurse your young so they can learn to fish For them to be safe is your only wish. There are people at the top of the stairs Why they are there you do not care. They are telling others to beware They know from experience that you easily scare. They’re there to protect you in your home They don’t want you to be forced to roam. Federal officials have been told this isn’t fair They ignore enforcing the law – do they truly care? Your friends stand united to spread the word They won’t stop until they are heard. You need to be protected once and all The challenge definitely isn’t small. But in the end they will prevail – they know it’s wrong and it’s truly a sin Some day soon, you will be able to soundly sleep as the light grows dim. IF YOU WERE A SEAL, WHAT WOULD YOU DO by Dennis Fritzinger if you were a seal, what would you do having just given birth to a seal pup or two a wet lump of life that smells just like you if you were a seal, what would you do? There's no seals in Nebraska except at the zoo and no seals in Iowa or Kalamazoo but plenty of people so what would you do if the only place you lived had plenty of people too? A seals life is hard (you know that it's true) when you try to put up with the hullaballoo of the tourists and gawkers who are passing on through so if you were a seal what would you do? If you were a seal what would you do? HARBOR ME by Steve Toth I'm just a small seal with hind flippers turned back for extra thrust My ears don't stick out of my sleekness Sometims you can spot me basking on quiet beaches or low rocks praising the one who made me I don't bark when disturbed I just slip quietly away retreating to water I can stay underwater for 20 minutes I feed on fish squid and shellfish I frequent shallow water &sheltered coves or harbors There's a beauty in my grace I grace the water with my presence Harbor me in your heart I'm a miracle of existence in motion One look into my dark bottomless eyes & you'll see I mean no harm |
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