Evolution

[tectak]

For me, this is a many-read poem, my mind needing/wanting to unpack all the cleverness in its inventiveness.

But my very first impression of it was simply how sheerly entertaining it was to me (that's a compliment, I assure you). These lines made me especially chuckle and smile:

Far suns from history illume us, a trillion miles away they lie,
then caught in orbs of human humour; a photon dies, a star is born.

Tall trees fall in silent places, distant yet by theory near.

Evolution grows the man to morph and model each new trait ;
anthropomorphic genes hang from us, pinned like medals to our chest.

Anyway...me like.

Me like you liking. Any bits you no like?
Best,
tectak