Humankind renders
Devout and sincere obeisance
To the risible, Gods of Irony
In despoiling Planet Earth,
By his faithful incineration
Of the mortal remains
Of earlier walkers of the globe,
Exterminated, by a then-despoiled Planet.
-p.
*Leonard N. Shapiro [11/29/22 NYC]
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