Devolution

Bear scat and Bobcats
Vicious poison toads,
Killer plants, fire ants,
badly written odes

Cobra Chickens
Danger Noodles
and Murder Hornets now,
(their venom’s good
in drinks!)

“Dear ticks
we love you so”
no one ever said,
yet don’t they need
a hug or two
before they end up dead?

Miley Cyrus
Covid Virus
looking for a ride,
to get to me
to get to you
just trying to survive

Same as us
on a bus -
“no see-ums” on a
road trip

Wooly bears and
Snow Shoed hares
cavorting on a hill

Hypotenuses (thanks to Pogo)
on the looses -
a geometric thrill

19 Corvids (not covids)
overhead
They won’t take all the blame
Tidal waves and hurricanes,
to them it’s all the same

Silly humans building stuff -
“look how far we’ve come!”*
Progress isn’t all uphill,
and sometimes it’s just dumb

*Don Henley – “Building the Perfect Beast”