The Sapient Ones

One day the sapient stepped away from the sentient declaring:“Let us be self-aware and luxuriate in a conscience to some degree!”We created myths to define the truth of how this came to be, Spoken words, written words; textured, lovely words to explainHow we found ourselves in possession of a throne on earth. We thought it… Continue reading The Sapient Ones

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The Petition

A Gray Hairstreak forages for nectar

The Petition Come evening a keening sound in the wilderness, A call for the divine sloth to end her sad deliberation. So many stout branches await her grasp. Dusk it is then, for the Anthropocene and its apex predator, For the brain that wrote itself an infinite loop and Conjured up a deity in its… Continue reading The Petition