Leave Them At Home Poem by Bob Gibson

People came from a foreign shore,
To New Zealand they wanted more
They filled their ships with plants and grain,
They wanted us to enjoy the same
They planted gorse , a touch of home,
They let it seed, and was free to roam
They brought along some rabbits to,
At first there was just a few
Stoats and weasels, rats off their ship,
They brought on another trip
Along with a multitude of disease's,
Coughing flem in-between sneezes
From across the ditch God bless em!
They thought we might enjoy the possum
We drew the line at snakes and crocks
And spiders that inhabit socks
The rabbits decimated the high country plains,
Hills washed away in winters rains
Possums ring barked native trees
And brought the fauna to its knees
Stoats nearly obliterated our native bird,
That’s the Kiwi! you may have heard
Did I mention the Koi carp?
They slipped them in just for a lark!
The species that they held so dear
Has changed our way of life I fear!