THE STORY OF US

Speaking of time, I took a course

To sate curiosity

Just how someone else believes

Our super species came to be

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The Story of Us told online

Puts to rest the tooth & nail

Survival, fittest at the top

of the mountain from which we hail

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Twas not the ax or large of tooth

That got us to the peak

Sizeless and vulnerable all we had

Was our ability to speak

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A warring species we overcame

Doubt and annihilation

With voice and reason we invented

Inner-species cooperation

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No easy ride to top of the chain

Even so it happened fast

Early sapiens frightened sheep

How long could this good thing last

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Doubt returned to fortify

Ourselves against the other

We don the pelt and tooth of wolf

Taking aim against our brother

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Now we strut our claws and fangs

To intimidate the weak

What’s more dangerous than angry wolves?

Frightened, heavily armed sheep