The Origin of Species, by R. P. Lister, 1948

The Origin of Species
by R. P. Lister, 1948

At the bottom of a chasm
Long before the birth of Time
Lay a piece of protoplasm
In the paleozoic slime.

The mud flats oozed and bubbled,
And the va****s swirled and stank;
But his conscience was untroubled,
For he neither smoked nor drank.

The air was full of acid
And he breathed it all day long,
But his thoughts were calm and placid
For he never done no wrong.

Very humble was his station
He had never heard of Wells
Yet he fathered all creation
By the splitting of his cells.

Every nation small or splendid
(Even when of Nordic blood)
Is in point of fact descended
From that simple lump of mud.

From that humble organ's splitting
Came both crocodile and cow
Yet I cannot help admitting
They are very different now.
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