Neanderthalic Antics: Narrative Verse

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

Electra Movie Camera image by Joe Haput CC BY-SA

Neanderthalic Antics

Do not trifle with stars or souls, he said,
My colleague of that research institute,
Our home for decades plus, since our ascent
Out of college to scientific heights,
Recruitment by rich states, with salaries,
And perks, and prestige seeming without end
Until, yes until the great cleavage came