Natural Selection.(Poem)

From: Poetry | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: James, Clive | Copyright information 
 
Natural Selection 
 
   The gradual but inexorable magic 
   That turned the dinosaurs into the birds 
   Had no overt, only a hidden, logic. 
   To start the squadrons climbing from the herds 
   No wand was ever waved, but afterwards 
   Those who believed there must have been a wizard 
   Said the whole show looked too well-planned for hazard. 
 
   And so it does, in retrospect. Such clever 
   Transitions, intricate beyond belief! 
   The little lobsters, in their mating fever, 
  ...

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