Life, ethics and value ...

Am I wrong? Am I weary?
Are my ethics
born of fury?
for I would gladly
trade them all
the commentators,
rifle guys
& manufacturers,

for a hundred lemurs,
a score of tigers,
hammerhead sharks,
even slender trees
just for their barks,

Am I here
beyond the pale?
to suggest each
and everyone
be replaced
by whales?

For I know that we are taught
that man's kingdom
rules over
all,

that each and very
human being
has value equal
one to the other,

but in these times
I do wonder,
as children die
& species leave us,

if those responsible
are
less
than
weevils,