Martha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n–<\/p>\n\n
You were a remnant ember,<\/p>\n\n
gloriously glowing,<\/p>\n\n
in what once was a forest fire of life.<\/p>\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n
Your symphonic song was<\/p>\n\n
but an echo of a chorus<\/p>\n\n
that now sings only in dwindling memory.<\/p>\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n
You were a slender shadow,<\/p>\n\n
the last wisp of cloud,<\/p>\n\n
of a titanic thunderstorm shading our land.<\/p>\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n
Your death has left us cold,<\/p>\n\n
and suffering in silence,<\/p>\n\n
lost without your comfort.<\/p>\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n
Your death,<\/p>\n\n
haunts our souls.<\/p>\n\n
–<\/p>\n\n
William Sutphin<\/p>\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\nThis picture is of Martha, the last passenger pigeon in 1912, two years before she passed away.<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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–<\/p>
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