Thursday, April 16, 2020

The Darwinian Cat - poem

Lawrence Hall
mhall46184@aol.com
poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

The Darwinian Cat

For Pepper-Cat,
Who brought us a Rio Grande Leopard Frog
(Rana Berlandier)

But then, all cats are dour Darwinians
Students of the evolution of creatures
Sometimes with the eyes of good scholars, yes
But mostly by killing and eating them

They like gophers and green lizards the best
Careless cardinals and poor baby squirrels
But never snakes or scorpions or such-like pests
Or stringy, door-knocking evangelists

They eat little animals who hide in the wood -
They would eat Darwin too, if only they could!

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