yours is the thorn that suckles us
the marsupial pouch in which we play king of the hill
yours is the rare orchid appointed
to a moth no one has ever seen
yours the corals whose cities shone
like nothing from a planning committee
and yours the epidemics the cancers the blights
a creativity as limitless as time and space
oh Nature soften the hearts
of all your little pharoahs
so we don’t have to overthrow them
and let those who insist you must be male
give birth through their penises