Intelligent Design Poem by The Poet SPIEL

we enjoy the advantage of a two-sided mouth
so we may speak out of either side
at our convenience

we are pleased with the vehicle of one tongue
whose driven muscle articulates our power

we harbor one good ear so we may turn the other
so not to hear
what we wish not to hear

but we doubt that our god was here on earth
to manipulate the efficiency of the tongues we use

to inform others that only the effects
of intelligent causes are of worth—
not the intelligent causes themselves


so which ear do you turn to hear
which side of your mouth do you naturally select

are you adam
are you eve
immaculate
intelligent in design

or are you monkey with a hat on
swinging
by your thumbs?