Pithecanthropus Poem by Douglas Scotney
Pithecanthropus
When it was obvious
we were getting a World State
not 1984,
sylla-bi and -buses
dumped Brave New World
as no laughing matter,
for Orwell and Blair,
the odd laugh still there
about pithecan-thropi and -thropuses.
Friday, January 29, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: future,language
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
pithecos, Gk for ape. anthropos, Gk for man.
World State, the situation in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
1984, the novel by George Orwell, aka Eric Blair.
World State, the situation in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
1984, the novel by George Orwell, aka Eric Blair.
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