Darwin

Charles Darwin’s work and legacy, is met with wild applause
But delving not too far you’ll find his ‘genius’ had flaws.
Training in the sciences and knowledge, he had none
His tutors of theology wondered what they’d done.
He saw the beaks of finches changed from place to place
But evidence of a change of kind science can find no trace
Observing man-made pedigrees of roses, pigs and horses
He thought that life evolved the same, though formed by natural forces.
He couldn’t see that chance mutation only works for bad.
An idea of how life began based on a lie is mad.
Entropy or order to disorder got reversed
Before a butterfly is formed a big bang must come first.
The content of his famous book included favoured races
Eugenics, killing off the weak, now had a proper basis.
This perfect chance to kick at God was grabbed at far and wide
Professors, even museum keepers ditched the truth and lied.
Haekel’s doctored drawings were inspired by Darwin’s theory
The Nebraska, Piltdown hoaxes shone until we all got leery.
For years they mocked Neandertahl as a man and monkey mix
But I’m sure this ancient noble man would have laughed at Darwin’s tricks.