depending on the state of reference,
the duck-billed platypus is either—
the last evidence of God’s great sense of humour
- or -
an ikon of general Antipodal alienness
- or -
an egg-laying emblem of Wonder
- but -
regardless of opinion,
the duck-billed platypus is neither
concerned
- nor -
remote.
What I want to know is this: why does dictionary.com not list platypodes at all, when it must be parallel to octopus/octopodes?
No one respects etymological origins anymore. Maybe I should change the name of the poem, just to be a hard-ass.