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an existentialist ghazal
The soot from English factories, a part of evolution,
where white moths were picked from tree trunks first, the
start of evolution.
She had her own white wings, la petite ange, listened to daddy
and God � later realized this counter-
part of evolution.
The blackguards of the families could better evade the birds;
the numbers turned to renegades, street-
smart of evolution.
We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible
for what we are � that is the fact, says
Sartre of evolution.
She redressed in blackwings of the moth, a leather miniskirt
painted her mouth a crimson zero,
tart of evolution.
We must act out passion before we feel it (Jean-Paul again)
she did with tongues and lacy yelps, the
dart of evolution.
Jean kept eyes and mind on her sweet privacies, lest madness of
society upset the apple-
cart of evolution.
� 2003 by PJ Nights
previously published in VLQ
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