[lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:23:38 -0700
it is not to the willy that the siren sings
it is to the goolie
though strange and wonderful with its odd eye
the willy has no ear
the mammalian goolie on either hand
is so sensitive that polynesian navigators could read the sea by it
placing said articles on the keels of dugout canoes and feeling the
wavy vibe
which resonated presumably like a woman's most juice-stirring voice
the sea
the sea
it leadeth me forward
by tiny shakes on strakes
in darwinian terms why this will happen i have no notion
we might ask birds what the breeding advantage could be
but they
though warm blooded
keep all that stuff tightly bound inside
favoring aerodynamic purpose and DIY siren calls
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-06/992375015.Zo.r.html
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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