beyond mesopotamia
it’s simple to snap a number four pencil
anyone of us could do it at any given moment
odds are slim to be sure since most of us
would simply give it a good sharpening
but those who wouldn’t think twice
they’ve been failed by far too many
flanked on either their left or their right
some say hatred is something learned
but truth be told has lingered in our DNA
well before the dawn of civilization
we’ve been playing catch up ever since
scratching out commandments and
condemning the damned before ever born
august two thousand seventeen
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