For all the names
applied to organisms
for their ability to adapt
to evolving circumstances
some of those organisms
choose a hallucinogenic twilight
over facing
the hard work of change.
No! I do not utilize elaborate
words and metaphors
to speak obliquely about
David’s drinking.
Nor the amount of weed
gone to smoke or brownies
in Edward’s apartment
before noon.
I mean, with or without us
the earth and its creatures
will move forward, adjusting
their molecules
like the first fish
that dared to crawl briefly
onto the beach sands
some geologic long ago.
copyright © 2021 Kenneth P. Gurney
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