A Poem on Evolution

The just after poem presents a short history of life on earth, from microbes by means of amphibians to man. It also gives a glimpse of what our future may possibly be, need to we be guilty of mismanaging the present. Caution! The just after may possibly include nuances of logic and rationality that may possibly be offensive to some men and women. Reader discretion is advised.

EVOLUTION

In the starting was the law,
And the law stated time brought only loss,
And almost everything need to run down hill.
But there was one more law as effectively.

The second law mentioned matter may possibly
More than ride the very first law for a time
And develop itself by means of toil and strife.
This second law was the law of life.

Life flourished then in seas and forests
By way of a lot of a metamorphosis.
Green algae grew to sturdy ferns,
Then morphed into giant conifers.

And trilobites to fishes branched,
And then Tiktaalik crawled out on land.
The dinosaurs extended held their sway,
Till birds and mammals took the stage.

And then came man, maker of gods,
Subjugator of horses and dogs,
Grower of corn, wager of war,
Smarter that any creature ahead of.

Barely two hundred years ago,
Mankind had reached a billion or so,
And Thomas Malthus mentioned that we
Would all starve by eighteen-twenty-3.

But even as Malthus preached our doom,
Mankind was busy with a thing new:
The pinnacle of evolution -
The terrific industrial revolution.

With sector, man made wealth,
And freedom followed by itself.
And what comes just after wealth and freedom?
The @$%?*! government, if we let 'em.

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