Directly sideways. God has thus decreed—
Progress is lateral; let that suffice.”
Darwinian Tapeworms on the other hand
Agree that Progress is a loss of brain,
And all that makes it hard for worms to attain
The true Nirvana—peptic, pure, and grand.
Man too enjoys to omphaloscopize.
Himself as Navel of the Universe
Oft rivets him—until he asks his Nurse,
Old Nature, for the truth; and she replies: