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The Codling Moth

白浜 鴎, Shirahama Kamome, variant cover, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, no. 6



On the bleakness of my poem "Knowledge"*



Our ancestors believed in Jesus' wrath,

The apple maggot, and the codling moth.

Later, they learned of Lenin's love—

Black as snow, the Russian saying went.

That was the wisdom of their time.

Though it was wrong, too few there were to shout,

"Fine! Be that way!" Wilde and Chekhov spent

Who'd once told hoi polloi, "Toss defunct knowledge out!


"On other worlds, the snow is white—it's Gaia's womb!

There, Squirrel Girl and Monkey Joe

Beat Iron Man and Doctor Doom."

What we believe, that, too, will pass.

Our trees are merely leaves of grass.

Scampering squirrel suitors know!


Alex Ross, Doctor Doom, variant cover, Guardians of the Galaxy 6, no. 1
Alex Ross, Doctor Doom, variant cover, Guardians of the Galaxy 6, no. 1

*In Raritan Quarterly 44, no. 2



Sunday, January 26, 2025

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