Some nature writers have an awfully rosy view
of the reality playing out outside there
from my garden to the woods and forests and the seas
Natural selection is cruel
Not deliberately cruel, just uncaring
What is good at surviving survives
What is good at reproducing reproduces
No care, no compassion, no morality
unless such things assist survival and reproduction
As the spider traps and devours the fly
The bird eats the bug
The cat eats the bird
The flesh eats the flesh
as it will do everywhere, out there
across the multitude of galaxies and their stars
if driven by natural selection
No real compassion or care
in the driving force behind everything
everywhere
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