Fire starter

We started out runners and climbers

as we tried not to become food for predators 

 

who found us to be tender, juicy

weak and tasty treats

 

imagine a home not unlike the flintstones

people being ordinary people

 

let's cheat a bit, give them a voice

 

Honey buns What's for dinner?

words when they were imagined, 

 

born from the need to communicate 

ideas, emotional states, territory lines

 

state of mind, imaginary traits

ways to trap game to provide meat on the table

 

those successful where favored

rich meant you were encouraged

 

to bring to the community more!

clever man... or women got props

 

Good!

 

clever woman made the raw beast taste good

with meager staples made them taste better

 

magic woman Good! food have better taste

made the second magic, people happy

 

Dance!

 

have time for more fun

better than survival

 

foragers found scraps

of edibles

 

like animals

first in small family groups

 

expanding as we as people 

learned to get along

 

gathering together we beat our drums 

and sang our songs

 

when blessed with a full moon

all night long...

 

Still, we were stubborn to a fault

or gullible as hell

 

thing happened to challenge us

in all ways

 

it either didn't rain enough

or it rained too much

 

either it was too hot 

or too cold

 

animals did as animals do

didn't cooperate

 

gave us the first case 

of the blues

 

 

stuck on the mountain of despair

acting, as if you just don't care

 

remember back

things nature revealed

 

by cycles of plenty

followed 

 

by cycles of few 

or none

 

people learned, like 

all the other animals

 

how to get fed

feeding 

 

to not only self

for family

 

how to fight

to survive

 

we learned 

from one another

 

learned, together 

we were much stronger

 

Families, settled scores

by shows of force

 

when necessary 

blood was shed

 

a clever person might just copy

and paste to his tastes

 

to improvise

as ideas materialized

 

"build a fire''

inspired by lightning perhaps

 

a difficult idea 

to grasp

 

one detail lost

how?

 

No AI... on which 

to depend

 

few clues helpful

to comprehend

 

the depth, scope...  

wealth of ideas shared

 

no books help learn

just stories

 

the how, when, why...

to shelter from the wind

 

precious secrets

how to stay alive

 

blend voices to sing

 

learning how to provide 

for a greater family

 

soon, more a tribe

 

how and when to blend

to trade for better choices

 

join forces 

against greater foes

 

make clothes

to show wealth and pride

 

You lived

not just shuck and jibe

 

with few ideas from others 

to emulate

 

built walls 

to keep animals out or in

 

shelters from the hot sun

you provided for your own

 

produced shelters 

to keep you safe from harm

 

fashioned roofs to protect you

from rain, wind and storm

 

nothing to steal from other people

this was a test, survival

 

not rolling logs 

supporting ever larger stones

 

harder than inventing 

something like a wheel

 

my stash is better

than your cache

 

Now my armies

are better than your kin

 

made pacts with other forces

when and where it made sense

 

decisions, based

upon strengths and abilities

 

you looked upon 

your people

 

trusted to do for them 

as they did for you

 

living in a kingdom

built upon strength and vision

 

eventually time came 

you rose ascending to the throne

 

That's when the bad hit the fan

people did what people do

 

War... spread like fire

and we were good at it, too

 

and being creative minded geniuses

what started out as sticks and stones

 

wound up as bit*ches brew

 

 

C2