Whisper patiently
As Darwin pores over birds and beetles
Lain two by two across the desk
In quiet Down
Speak clairvoyant
As Wallace wakes from archipelago fever
Humbled by Nature selecting
As She has since Creation
Shine radiant
As Joseph and Oliver kneel in Kirtland
Too young to doubt that they can
Restore eternal community
Turn the hearts of the fathers
to the children
And the hearts of the children
to their phylogenetic fathers
Lest the whole earth be smitten with a curse
