Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Who Killed Cecil?

A timely poem for a world in shock...

Innocently lured off Hwange National Park
shot at with a bow and arrow
injured and confused then tracked down
and killed in cold
blood with a gun

Cecil was killed on July 1 of 2015
whether he was murdered by a
big game hunter or a researcher --
the truth remains -- such a friendly
lion did not deserve to die in a horrible way
conservationists and all good people are outraged
surely someone somewhere has to account for this
horrifying act of cruelty and other poaching crimes






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