The Case For Evolution
There is no animal alive
More dangerous than man.
I’ve tried to think of even one
But I don’t think I can.
No creature ever roamed the earth
With meaner inclinations.
No lion, tiger, shark or bear
Can match man’s degradations.
But man believes he is advanced
Because he dominates.
The truth is man’s the only kind
That destroys what he hates.
While other beings roar and growl
And seem to be a danger,
Man alone is happy to
Annihilate a stranger.
I wouldn’t go into a pen
With a mean rattlesnake,
But human cages I’ve been in
Were also a mistake.
I managed just now to escape
A human viper’s grasp.
I know how Cleopatra felt
When bitten by that asp.
We’re taught to love each other
But always it’s a test
Because some humans’ habitats
Are true Black Widows’ nests.
We talk of evolution
And mostly it seems true.
But life on Earth will not evolve
Until we humans do.
- Jim Hagarty
