To The Tetrapod: A Poem

Evolution's wacky uncle

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To The Tetrapod

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

Out of the stinking, tidal ooze,
Like an alkie who’s scented booze,
There stepped one night when lightning struck,
Agitating the lifeless muck,
A lowly creature, of four limbs,
Formerly fins, who used to swim
In heated currents of the sea,
While feeding on anemones,
But now the co…