never mind king of the jungle

fame’s at food chain’s other end

you decomposer

 

under every log and leaf

rolypoly armadillo armies

protected in your sphere

 

comminuting detritus     dismantling cellulose

back to C, N, H, and O

building blocks for bio highrise

 

with overcast complexion   hell is above ground

beware the light

heaven a warm black earth.

 

patiently munching whole dead forests

eating Death

shitting Life

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Originally published in Limestone Magazine, a pioneering online poetry website in the UK, 2003

 

 

also Taj Mahal Review (Dr Santosh Kumar, ed.)

CyberWit, Allahabad, INDIA.

Vol 5 #2, Dec, 2006 ISSN: 0972-6004

 

Earthly Matters, Biology and Geology Volume (ed. Brook Emery and Victoria Haritos)

Science Made Marvellous for National Science Week 2010

 

and micromacro, Seaview Press, 2006