Russian Nature reserve demands NOK 47 million for Norwegian reindeer grazing on its territory—The Barents Observer, July 28, 2023 |
Such disrespect for interests of another country
it was said—yet not one inch of land stolen.
It is true they used up a ration of lichen and shrubs,
but kept mindfully to this vegetarian diet.
Such disrespect for land reserved and preserved—
insisting, we know on using four, not just two, hooves.
Such arrogance and disrespect for nature!
But they forbore, we’re sure, human murder and rape.
Yet degradation of vegetation needs compensation—
for full two months of 40 Norwegian reindeer grazing.
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expert on invasion
demands $4.6 million for, tsk, tsk, illegal incursion.
Lavinia Kumar’s recent poems appear (or will soon) in Kelsey Review, Schuylkill Valley Journal, MacQueen’s Quinterly, New Jersey Journal of Poetry, Paterson Literary Review, Tiny Seed. She is an immigrant married to an immigrant, and lives in New Jersey.
