The Thompson River steelhead run once numbered
\nmany thousands; now it\u2019s more like ten.
\nFour decades since I last became encumbered
\nby guilt from killing one, a mortal sin.<\/p>\n
Between the lust for jobs!<\/em> and rights!<\/em> and profits!<\/em> When all the fish are caught and eaten, slain <\/p>\n 12 March 2023<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Thompson River steelhead run once numbered many thousands; now it\u2019s more like ten. Four decades since I last became encumbered by guilt from killing one, a mortal sin. Between the lust for jobs! and rights! and profits! the other Oncorhynchus species soon will perish too, our ecosystem\u2019s soffits lostRead More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2020-and-after","category-poetry"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jick.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jick.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jick.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jick.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jick.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jick.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":680,"href":"https:\/\/jick.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jick.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jick.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jick.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthe other Oncorhynchus<\/em> species soon
\nwill perish too, our ecosystem\u2019s soffits
\nlost to the rot of greed and baking noon.<\/p>\n
\nfrom rivers, lakes and streams, and from the sea,
\nwe\u2019ll learn that seafood truly feeds the brain
\nand how much stupider we still can be.<\/p>\n