Evolution by Neil Ellman
Evolution How I evolved is not how I hoped to be. At the beginning when i consisted of a single cell I could have been an ichthyosaur a whale, rhinoceroses, giraffe or possibly a horse. I could have become a jellyfish, an antelope, a bee almost anything that breathed and ate and crapped. Instead I became a slithering, immoral creature with an opposable thumb prone to heart disease diarrhea, dyspepsia and guilt— In other words, a man. Neil Ellman is a poet from New Jersey. He has published numerous poems, more than 1,000 of which are ekphrastic and written in response to works of modern art, in print and online journals, anthologies and chapbooks throughout the world. He has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize and twice for Best of the Net.