bad science

Joe Stalin's man Lysenko claimed he knew
what makes one plant to prosper, one to fail
although that's not the way that foodstuffs grew
his peer reviewers died unheard in jail
instruction works in CRISPR, not in genes
mere random walk does Darwin's heavy lift
mutations have no teleology
selection plucks--among the dross--each gift
ten millions died of known science ignored
climate deniers could exceed his toll
to take a corrupt lobby at its word
Republicans in Congress buck the polls
extinction claims all species, fast or slow
but head-in-sand's a stupid way to go