Of Darwin and Lattes (Dance The Manta Ray)

I spun this poem out of the Pixies song Dance The Manta Ray. I love the Pixies

I was dancing with the Manta rays

and fell in with the sharks

We were looking for Galapagos

The GPS went dark 

We sent a message homeward bound

Picked up in India

That big call center in the sky 

South of Siberia 

Old Darwin found Galapagos

Before Starbucks showed up

With Marine Iguana Lattes 

and seagull s**t syrup 

He just had a crappy compass

and the royal navy

Somehow they found Galapagos

and fended off the scurvy

Old Darwin wrote his science book

of which is still in doubt

The world is full of idiots

Who want another route

You can lead a horse to water

but you can't make him drink

Teach science to an idiot

but you can't make him think 

Author's Note

Do the Manta ray
Do the Manta ray
Your head can go real screw
With saucers chasing you
The Pixies
Dance the Manta Ray

Reviews

[Ink Seductress]

"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink"
I loved that line, it has such truth in it.

[Baby Ricochet]

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