Poem: "Sharks and Privilege"

 Sharks are predators,

so it follows that they have privileges.

No one likes a predator

because of the freedoms they deny others.

No shark fears travel,

and I never saw a shark cower.

But guess how the other fish feel;

can you name a freedom they have lost?

Placed in an acquarium,

a shark finally sees

everything differently.

                   -K.J.W.

                        February 2022