My Progenitors
I
Think twice before scorning our Spineless
Progenitors
Amebas
Slugs bugs spiders bees beetles jellyfish corals lobsters
crabs
They ruled the world.
Still
Purify water
Pollinate crops
Recycle nutrients
Keep soils productive.
Now one in five of the spineless face extinction
Because of the upright
Dragons
Whose
Fashion manias gross domestic production
Consumption dependency
Pollute destroy
Even the dragon flies