Name That Author #6

One of the most goddamn depressing authors I have ever read to date.  Even more so than Dostoevsky.  I have to be careful with their works...sometimes they can really put me in an existential whirlwind.  

Hint:  Philosophy

mutations [genetic mastery] - original poem

 mutations [genetic mastery]

why not take a drive with me

stop by my house

see my basement DIY laboratory

no worries, the city heath officials wrote it off

I have something to show you

it might tickle the fringes

of your astute creative fantasies

and soothe your deoxygenated cells

we'll start by perusing

my amino acid modification lab

and my species collection on the wall

a database of failed experiments

and cryovials of those that withstood our tests

pick a mutation of interest

and we'll go from there

we have several bright field scopes

and colorimetric assays available

any chemical to fit your needs

just tell me what she looks like

tell me what mutations sound grand

I'll run a genetic algorithm through my software

we'll see if there's any compatibility

and in only one day

we can take care of any genetic deformities

personality oddities

and behavioral abnormalities

you might want gone

we just have to make sure

the subject stays under physiological conditions

and that the liquid anesthesia will take

if so we have dour hours to augment at will

we can craft a scientific love story

so sweet and daring

we will leave our peers crying

and jealous

over our suave

predatory nature

within the domain

of genetic mastery

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16584199-mutations-genetic-mastery-by-Colvet

smug smoggers - original poem

smug smoggers

why are us humans 

such smug smoggers

why must we fill the air

with our impotencies

with our exultations

of diesel fuel 

and toxic liquids and gases

our efforts of survival

seem to our block

the shine of the distant stars

that precipitate our dreams

our hopes, our futures

and plans for distant impacts

on foreign shimmery moons

we must be careful 

not to disturb the equilibrium

between hopeful wishing

and the deeds of an honest

humanly existence 

stuck to the rocks and oceans

that decorate the mountainsides

they serve us only slightly

at elevating us closer to these

cosmic precipitates

of the most regal emanations of man

its time for us to adorn

the pseudonym of smug smoggers

who snigger and pout 

when things don't work out their way

the manse controllers

of universal expanse

may notice we are missing our lessons

and turning our homework in late

every day past the due date

we can see another span

of pure white stars

flicker and fade

until eventually a dense umbra

of darkness and evil

will envelop our auras

and cloud our little human minds

you may look towards the sun

for guidance and wisdom

but be sure not to stare

you may drink from the fountain

of celestial drippings of the moon

but be sure to not get drown and drenched 

our else the north star 

might exist no longer

and our cardinal compasses

will spin out of control

and burn a hole in every denim pocket

or dress pant snare

we must act quickly

before the heavenly gasses

volatize away

and we are only left with sulfur fumes

and itchy burning

crimson clouds of hell

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16594310-smug-smoggers-by-Colvet

Name That Author #5

Let's see who can get this one.  Dude was super secretive and wrote many pamphlets namely on occultism and ancient alchemy.  I have many of their books in my home collection.

Poem About Evolution - User Submission - Poetry

Posting on 07/07/2022 at 7 PM!

This is a piece about evolution that I stumbled on via the r/poetryofscience subreddit page.  I was really excited to find this page the other day at work.  There seems to be a bunch of other writers of there like myself who are interested in the intersections of social and physical sciences.

This piece was submitted by reddit user "mcscom" or Renwick Scott.  The author recently got a PhD in immunology (doctor buddies) and also writes.  You can check out his blog here:  https://thoughtinfection.com/about/ or follow his Twitter @ThoughtInfected.

Cheers and enjoy!

Poem about Evolution

In the immense chaos it's inevitable.

Replication supplants noise

Complexity supplants simplicity

Cooperation supplants conflict

Nurture supplants nature

Hope supplants despair

Culture supplants ignorance

Abstraction supplants modesty

The same flame that drives it, can easily consume it.

Chaos waits at the door.

LINK:  https://www.reddit.com/r/poetryofscience/comments/elzrr/poem_about_evolution/

mutations [genetic mastery] - original poem

mutations [genetic mastery]

why not take a drive with me

stop by my house

see my basement DIY laboratory

no worries, the city heath officials wrote it off

I have something to show you

it might tickle the fringes

of your astute creative fantasies

and soothe your deoxygenated cells

we'll start by perusing

my amino acid modification lab

and my species collection on the wall

a database of failed experiments

and cryovials of those that withstood our tests

pick a mutation of interest

and we'll go from there

we have several bright field scopes

and colorimetric assays available

any chemical to fit your needs

just tell me what she looks like

tell me what mutations sound grand

I'll run a genetic algorithm through my software

we'll see if there's any compatibility

and in only one day

we can take care of any genetic deformities

personality oddities

and behavioral abnormalities

you might want gone

we just have to make sure

the subject stays under physiological conditions

and that the liquid anesthesia will take

if so we have dour hours to augment at will

we can craft a scientific love story

so sweet and daring

we will leave our peers crying

and jealous

over our suave

predatory nature

within the domain

of genetic mastery

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16584199-mutations-genetic-mastery-by-Colvet

my bones hurt - original poem

 my bones hurt

my bones hurt

from the gravimetric bend

of army men doing jumping jacks

preparing for wars

with existential feelings

of unknown futures

unseen dangers

and hidden treasures

looming on a spinning wheel

spun by the seamstress of chaos

the switcher of entropy

and the carrier of ancient ailments

and spoiled ointments

that can glue

our bodies back up after incision

or keep the pages near the spine

and mend the viral memories

bursting like fireworks

in your yellow cat-like eyes

glowing their ashes

flickering their Merlin flames

and biotically cycling back

to something scary and new

but something never done before

a war waged with different troops

different magnitudes of machinery

and patterns on the soles of their

grimy combat boots

making all my bones hurt

LINK:  https://allpoetry.com/poem/16581505-my-bones-hurt-by-Colvet