Of survival. It appears
That it avoided life's disasters
For 350 million years.
And now it found a new solution
Means to kill it to outwit,
And demonstrate that evolution
Indeed will favor the most fit.
In a tour de force biologic,
To avoid traps' poison paste,
Its tiny brain, defying logic,
Altered its sense of smell and taste:
It changed its sensory perception -
It made bitter what once tasted sweet!
Its brain has helped in this deception
And thus the poison helped defeat.
Is there a lesson to be fund
As we the roaches' mind explore?
Can our own brain be turned around
To avoid our deadly wars?...