2. The Taxomony of Shit

by Ms. Samuel Johnson

Carl Linnaeus in his bower
categorizing species
never thought about the scientist
who would order feces

Did Carl Linnaeus, classicist,
dreaming of Kingdom, Phylum, Class,
consider the work to document
The Hierarchies of The Ass?

Could it be mud, or perhaps cement?
Dinosaur crap is fossilized
Jellyfish poop lights up the sea
Ant shit is likely colonized

So if I seem preoccupied
Welcome to the new taxonomy.