Monday, January 24, 2011

AN NOTE ON MAN, RELIGION, AND DINOSAURS

The proudest of all Nature’s species
Who grovels yet before his gods,
Believing others’ gods are feces
And yet has faith his beats the odds.
Who’s settled all things a priori
And knows he’ll win his Heaven’s glory
By wreaking death on “other” men,
As he’s been trained from his playpen.
And does it with such self-assurance:
A holy warrior till the end
When, raging, he goes round the bend
Because he thinks his life insurance
Is everlasting. This thing, man,
Will end, as well, an also-ran.

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