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Undying Tales part 20: Horseshoe Crab

 

“What goes too long unchanged destroys itself.”

— Ursula K. LeGuin (Dragonfly)


Isn’t it marvellous

that a life-form 

unchanged for millions of years

appearing alien 

not because of new and freakish features

but because it conservatorially remained in its shape

while the rest of the planet moved beyond

copper-tinged blood and silurian bodyshapes

now faces extinction

not because it is no longer adapted to its environment

but because another life-form

in a brutal and clinical way

considers said life-form

in a shortsighted and convenient way

a means of conservation

for itself


Love and conservation,

Winterdragon

Published by Winterdragon

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