The primeval soup, served in a Petri dish
You can slurp it down, but you cannot finish
What evolution brings to the species fetish
Is a potpourri of ribonucleic acid relish
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The rubbish by which life seeks to nourish
Near misses — a series of mistakes to refurbish
The few that arise, destined to flourish
Shaming the many who are left to perish
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The right helical bonds, time will burnish
Sooner or later in life's delicious furnace
'Cause a hundred apes with typewriters furnish
Shakespeare, if you skip all the gibberish
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The dinosaurs were suckers, lame ducks, and myop'ish
Never looked up to see what would extinguish
The lot of them — the final course served prehistor'ish
So, it wouldn't hurt none for us, then, to be skittish
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Check, please!
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Gerard DiLeo
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This is very creative and you're humour shines through 😁👍
Hahahahahaha myop-ish and prehistor'ish! I loved those!
Outstanding visuals.