Poem for the week, 2 January 2023
That Palaeozoic trilobite groove
This
is the age.
This
is the Cambrian Period, man.
Not
some fusty Archaean sludge.
It’s
cool; it’s happenin'.
Deal
with it, proto-grandpa.
Hang with the 'bites.
Dig
that exoskeletal gear.
Perfect
for piercings and tattoos.
Hard
rock, blind fury.
Rage
against the marine!
Screw limestone, bro.
You
seen those protozoans there?
Long
aeons crumbling into dust.
Live
fast, die neo.
I’s
not headin' their way, dude.
Three lobes good, two lobes bad. No sweat!
That evolution’s some good shit.
Don’t split, go sexual.
Make love not walls. Forevah!
First performed in March 2009 at Poetry & Jazz by the Finn-Brit Players, at Arkadia International Bookshop in Helsinki, Finland.
First published in 'magnetic resonance imaging' (buy here).
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