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Statues of Darwin

Statues of Darwin 
David J Walker

Cayotes claim what they can of
The daylight hours hounded by the
Windblown November sun 
Below the Mesa 

No better than the 
Blazing days of the summer
Only colder

Every rock looks the same
Every plant a chameleon
Every insect a meal in a race for
Its life 

Here the world is cruelly honest 
About its business and 
Indifference to death

Here,  life is recycled 
Without ceremony nor prayer
Language needs no interpretation
Reading is seeing and reacting

And each species erects its own
Statues of Darwin
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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