Popular Poems About Evolution

Once upon a time, three Alices
decided to leave their parents'
houses and live alone.

Alice of Oz, built a pink palace by the sea
on a remote beach in Thailand.
Alice Snow, made a sand castle in the clouds
that hover over Mauritius.
Alice Joana Catrin Mariah Isabel Sondra Daisy Elisabeth
etc and such, she got a house of cards
made in the rainforest of Wonderland.

It turns out that the Alices had a common enemy,
who wanted to eat their raw livers for breakfast.
The Callipygian Witch, a perverse woman,
who,...

What lies within the box, unseen,  
a token lost, a thought pristine?  
Or merely air, a void serene?  

Does it hold time, a clock unwound,  
a moment trapped, a silence found?  
Or echoes lost where none astound?  

Could it be dreams of lives once led,  
flickering ghosts a life long dead?  
Or hopes unwoven, stitched with thread?  

Might it contain the stars of yore.  
The cosmos bound behind this door?  
Infinity within its core?  

Or is it but the simplest guise,  
a trick played out before our eyes?...