Note: Reference is a 10 page NYTimes article under the above title, which can be found here.
Darwin, Darwin, man of birds
wrote a book of many words
describing finches, tortoises too,
a book that’s since caused much ado!
‘Teaching theory!' Masses cry,
‘Is blasphemy that doth deny
creation’s certain spontaneity
by hand of our benevolent deity.
And furthermore!’ They humph and scold,
‘Old Darwin’s theory’s full of holes.
It can’t explain the cell’s complexity,
nor man's desire for safe sex-ity,
It has no answer to our query
on the queers, and their cashmerey
decadence! It can’t be true!
Harumph! We will boycott the zoo,
the school, and other institutions
who push these spurious conclusions.’
And that, my friends, is how we lost
this battle: to an albatross.
Darwin, Darwin, man of birds
wrote a book of many words
describing finches, tortoises too,
a book that’s since caused much ado!
‘Teaching theory!' Masses cry,
‘Is blasphemy that doth deny
creation’s certain spontaneity
by hand of our benevolent deity.
And furthermore!’ They humph and scold,
‘Old Darwin’s theory’s full of holes.
It can’t explain the cell’s complexity,
nor man's desire for safe sex-ity,
It has no answer to our query
on the queers, and their cashmerey
decadence! It can’t be true!
Harumph! We will boycott the zoo,
the school, and other institutions
who push these spurious conclusions.’
And that, my friends, is how we lost
this battle: to an albatross.
cashmerey = new favorite word
ReplyDeleteEric adds the following stories about two otter "best friends" who died of heart attacks within 15 minutes of each other, the second of heartbreak.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1262787/Two-otters-die-hour-15-years-together.html
Best friends my cashmerey ass.
love this part:
ReplyDeleteIt can’t explain the cell’s complexity,
nor man's desire for safe sex-ity
SAFE SEX-ITY!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI so badly want the conclusion to be a Rime of the Ancient Mariner reference, and then to find out you have re-interpreted Coleridge to read that the Ancient Mariner's lostness and tale come from a queer identity struggle.
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