eggs laid in the long winters
by Arthropod and anthropod
aping rabbit, rat, shrimp
float in biochemical soup
when the test arrives
by love, or accident,
whim, violence
design-vindicating marvel
Usage optional.
Care automatic.
Randomness & choice
vigorously stirred
Lurking beneath the curls
the apron of creation
lies in wait
baiting traps laced with pleasure
as with other terrestrial
windfalls
what some hoard
others covet or dismiss ... move to later
hidden away
in the Pre-Dissection Epoch
were immaculate rhymes
and anagrams spoken as vespers
Then came empiricist rebar,
surviveable childbirth,
contraception,
purification of libido.
mechanics prevail
combinatorics,
oddsmakers
of the stillborn
of near-misses
and blue-eyed dark-skinned
models-to-be
and flutter-tongued triplets
Zygotes whose parents
mistook travel posters
for a raison d'être
and reparte for comfort
in a plotters' world