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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 comprehend
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 gibe
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 es brew
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