our ancestors before cities
before settled places to live
had to know more to survive
had to know how to make weapons
how to heal bones and wounds
where to hunt and what
where to let the prey run free
unless one could tempt them to the edges
had to know what might tempt them
had to know where to build shelter
and more importantly where not to
had to know how to build shelter
for an overnight stay or a season
had to know
had to know
had to know
so they had bigger brains and were smarter
yes, our ancestors were smarter than us
until they learned to build cities
and evolved brains and skulls
happy to contain less
knowing that shouldn’t please me
nearly as much as it does
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