MOA

(4:4 tempo)
no more no mo- a ne- ver- more
we ate the feathered her- bi- vore
so mourn our more- ish an- ces- tor
the flightless mo- a din- o- saur

(3:4 tempo)
from the- ra- pod to py- go- style
with pal- ate old like cro- co- dile
thru cret- a- ceous ex- tinct-ion- ing
e- merged a litt-le pro- to mo- a thing

Dinornis legs grew aves meat
e-volving wings to obsolete
nine species groups in habitat
that never saw a man or cat or rat

robustus in particular
gained altitude spectacular
the tallest bird that ever walked
a forest bird a giant eagle stalked

her hubby was one third her size
devising skills to fertilize
and neutralize the sexism
and woes of phenotype dimorphism

ecological apocolypse
put paid to all relationships
moa hunters first then fire and rats
left zero counts in the survival stats

the ghosts of ancient ratite shapes
call near the shells of fossil scrapes
and lancewood trees remember when
the forest night had never dreamt of men


(4:4 tempo)
no more no mo- a ne- ver- more
we ate the feathered her- bi- vore
so mourn our more- ish an- ces- tor
the flightless mo- a din- o- saur







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