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Taxonomy without Autonomy<br />
by Jory Mickelson<br />
“Taxonomy without Autonomy” copyright © 2012 by Jory Mickelson.<br />
Now, during the digital era, science tells us<br />
Pluto isn’t a planet. It’s either an asteroid, a planetoid<br />
or comet. No longer the ninth, no longer the dark<br />
pearl at the end of the strand of planets, Pluto wobbles<br />
in its elliptical orbit, wavers out of alignment as we lose<br />
faith in it. Science reveals, tells the News,<br />
that triceratops never even existed. Don’t be juvenile.<br />
The tri-horned reptile was an adolescent torosaurus.<br />
All things must measure up, skulls and insect wings and stones.<br />
Pluto the asteroid, intent on making its point, is aiming for us.<br />
An off-the-record expert states it’s headed straight for the Mall<br />
of America’s food court. Through the skylight, the decorative<br />
rubber plants sway in the glazed summer light. While we graze<br />
on a Cinnabon, we look up just in time to see<br />
the stony face, the furious eyes.<br />
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