January 19, 2024

Call me a misanthrope if you like,

For inoculating that tree with a spike,

I prefer to be called a dendrophile,

When I hear that name, I smile.

Call me a misanthrope if you like,

For cutting open a purse seine net,

I prefer to be called an ichthyophile,

That was my defense at my trial.

Ok, I monkeywrenched that plough,

I had to save the bees and flowers somehow.

After all, I’m an Apiarist Anthophile,

And that nice field is their domicile.

Call me a misanthrope if you will,

For blocking the ship that kills the krill,

I prefer you call me a thalassophile.

That name really does make me smile.

Ok, I rammed that damn whaling boat,

It was a whale killing antidote,

But I prefer the name Cetaphile,

Proud to be called that in my criminal file.

When I knocked that poacher down

Two hours north of Capetown,

Call me an elephantophile,

But beating poachers is my style.

Call me a misanthrope if you like,

I don’t care, so take a hike,

Being a natural Vitaphile 

That my friend is more my style.

-pw