A Houyhnhnm's Scrapbook/Number 1/Out-Moded

What phony ideology
Sustains the vain philosophy
That man is most superior and tactical,
When any lepidoptera
Is its own helicopter, a
Feature not inferior, but practical.

The duckbill platypusses
Are built for many uses,
A colugo is an acrobatic wonder,
And a turtle or a tortoise
Has a roof for any purpose
Just by tucking head and derriere under.

All the marsupialia
From Greenland to Australia
Have snappy built-in rumble seats for toddlers,
While man, the cumbrous creature,
Has no such special feature—
But wait until you see next aeons models!