Ballad

In memory of Charles R. Darwin (1809-1882)

My fish is sad and lonely
Striving for arms to embrace only
O Lamarck, the flesh is weak!
The fins just stay-
Despair 'n' dismay.

See generations later
Arms had but the best wade-through raider.
Fish feelings selection not passed.
They ebbed away-
Despair 'n' dismay.

Nothing but comprehension
Lies in Darwin's more stately mansion
World tells no moral'ty tale.
No more to say-
Despair 'n' dismay.