Cockroaches raced along the ground here long before\u00a0
there were dark alleys and rancid dumpsters\u00a0
truck drivers and greasy spoon diners, old hamburger wrappers\u00a0\u00a0
to curl up inside. Before we were here, cockroaches\u00a0\u00a0
scuttled in the nests of dinosaurs, fed on the sticky albumin\u00a0\u00a0
of newly-hatched eggs, dug tunnels in massive piles of fecal matter,\u00a0\u00a0
were old even then. They lived through\u00a0\u00a0
the asteroids, the second and third great extinctions\u00a0
left petrified footprints in the mud\u00a0\u00a0
alongside our first bipedal ancestors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They will be here to see the last flower of humanity\u00a0\u00a0 by Holly Day Cockroaches raced along the ground here long before\u00a0there were dark alleys and rancid dumpsters\u00a0truck drivers and greasy spoon diners, old hamburger wrappers\u00a0\u00a0to curl up inside. Before we were here, cockroaches\u00a0\u00a0scuttled in the nests of dinosaurs, fed on the sticky albumin\u00a0\u00a0of newly-hatched eggs, dug tunnels in massive piles of fecal matter,\u00a0\u00a0were old even… <\/p>\n
wilt in the heat of cataclysm, will polish our bones\u00a0\u00a0
with their tiny, patient mandibles, will lay their eggs\u00a0\u00a0
in our shirt pockets and empty hats. There will be\u00a0\u00a0
no great cockroach takeover,\u00a0\u00a0
no post-apocalyptic ascension to superiority\u2014\u00a0
they will always just\u00a0be<\/em>, chitinous wings fluttering\u00a0
scurrying, squeaking in the dark.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"