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Chris Litsey: Crash Course: Extinction 101

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Art by Cindy Rosmus © 2024

Crash Course: Extinction 101

 

by Chris Litsey






They should craft a medal for animal


Stupidity. I'm proud to say humans


Would take the crown in this contest.


For all the creatures that have died off,


From disaster or poor adaptations,


Bad luck, all in all, there's only one being


That could wipe their whole impression


On this rock some poor midnight or


In a pot like a frog.


If only we could achieve peace,


Archive a piece of our history that


Wouldn't be tarnished by rusting blood.


Is it so hard to feed everyone when


There's more than enough food for it?


Is it so hard to house our fellow humans


When so many homes sit empty?


Is it so hard to keep our bombs in check


When we've become more connected than


Ever? Apparently. Masterclass in


Execution, down to the last drops of life.


Our epitaph will read, "Here lies those last


Great Murderers. Good riddens!" Folly,


Folly, Folly after


Folly as we follow the pied piper of


Monsters and imbeciles. Soon, perhaps


The last humans will be drawing their


Final breaths and not even know it.







 

 

Chris Litsey is a teacher, aspiring poet, and former editor of Indiana University Purdue University Columbus’s literary magazine, Talking Leaves, where you can find a few of his published works. He is a father and a lover of reading, writing, getting tattooed, and exploring museums. He lives in Muncie, Indiana, where he teaches and writes.

Cindy Rosmus originally hails from the Ironbound section of Newark, NJ, once voted the “unfriendliest city on the planet.” She talks like Anybodys from West Side Story and everybody from Saturday Night Fever. Her noir/horror/bizarro stories have been published in the coolest places, such as Shotgun HoneyMegazineDark DossierThe Rye Whiskey Review, Under the Bleachers, and Rock and a Hard Place. She is the editor/art director of Yellow Mama. She’s published seven collections of short stories. Cindy is a Gemini, a Christian, and an animal rights advocate. She has recently branched out into photo illustration.

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