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Apoleia = Greek word for loss

Apoleia-Phobia

Insects walk on six legs but some can fly unless
          Insecticides take over
                    No bees no honey

Spiders spin their net for prey with four plus four
          You suffer from arachnophobia?
                    Eat mosquitos yourself

We see eight on octopuses until they squirt ink
          Or end up in the freezer
                    Tentacles and food for thought

Jellyfish are armed with up to hundred ‘digits'
          They look like plastic bags
                    Let us blame sea turtles for ingestion

Humans have to make do with just two walkers
          Home erectus but also sapiens?
                    Prosthetic amputated minds?

Apoleia the fear of loss seems so mega irrational
          What has gone wrong in childhood?
                    Angst gone array from what abuse?

But ‘luckily’ reason prevails one legged
          If one survives in Syria and Iraq
                    ‘I hobble therefore I carry on’

Landmines prevent a rightful path and passage
          Evolution works quite slowly
                    But ‘naturally’ artificial intelligence

Will come to the rescue when the rats take over the fall out

05th August 2018

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018




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Date: 8/5/2018 12:11:00 PM
This, this is excellent poetry. I hear you loud and clear. Sharp potent penning, going right into my faves drawer. xomo
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