Modest Evolutionary Smog

Executives pledge the traditional billion,
suggesting fires could trigger sudden
markets for something pristine.

University officials launch animal
banks to lend precious embryos,
managing millions in cellular wealth.

Ministers agree, poverty is dated.
Pioneering organisms evolved
for peace on capitalist earth.

--Lance Newman

Haze-Hit Countries Meeting Ends Without Detailed Plan
Microcredit Pioneer Gets Nobel for Peace
Embryo Fossils Give Insight into First Complex Life