each according to its kind

as dinosaur fossils
excavated
us do remind,

as well as skeleton frames of other varied finds.

These are facts
as facts are defined:

A thing that is known or proved to be true.

Yes,
time has revealed

this fact too:

That every child’s
DNA
is channeled back

to generations of humans who
produced offspring

who today visit zoos

enclosing
apes and chimps
with

DNA

dated back to other apes.

Skeletons

unearthed
unlinked
unauthenticated

as ancestors
to me
or
to

You.

***

Were they familiar with DNA
back in Darwin’s Day?