Thursday, November 14, 2013

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Paleoplastisphere


A thin layer rich in organics,
the fauna above, depauperate--
some disaster, perhaps an impact,
is recorded here,
the layer contains microbial cysts,
peculiar forms found nowhere else,
cysts are made to last:
we can revive them, and do,
they don't eat culture medium,
they eat the plastic dish...
some kind of opposable-thumbed theropod,
some bulge-headed raptor,
some somebody reached such a civilized state,
they could choke the oceans with plastic
just like us.


This happens, yo:

http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2013/11/13/3888603.htm


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