A Plea To Evolution
21st Century
If evolution has an ear, I pray
It hears, I trust, it's obvious to us,
I saw it, curiously, just today,
And tried to fathom, why the octopus?
Receptions, cocktail parties, coffee hour,
All complicated venues made to pay
The cleaners mortgage, relish, sweet and sour,
And dips to drip, and chips that break away.
And now a black thorn cane to poke and stick
Whomever dares be near me when I bend
To stab a reaching finger with tooth pick,
And wonder under whom, tomatoes end:
Oh Evolution! Do us all a treat,
Another hand, or two, but skip the feet.
DayPoems Poem No. 2454
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/2454.html">A Plea To Evolution by William Brendan McPhillips</a>
The DayPoems Poetry Collection, www.daypoems.net
Timothy Bovee, editor
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