The Evolutionary End: We Have Arrived

I know what it means to be human --

A marred image,

Cannibalistic by nature,

Driven by unbridled desires;

An open wound inflicted by selfish pride,

Infected with strife.

We file our teeth in anticipation,

Eying our neighbor’s gold.

Envy rules the night,

While jealousy darkens the day.

Malice broods over her raging young,

Bellies ever bloated from lust --

Ever hungry, never satisfied,

Ravenous,

Born to eat the dead

And kill any who oppose their will.

Our hunger embodies our doctrine:

Evolutionary animals struggling to survive.

No rhyme or reason,

No evil, no good.

Affections rule the age.

No law, no God,

No one to judge another.

Do as you please,

But don’t stand in my way,

You’re no better than I.

Rule #1 and never forget:

I will have what I want,

Take what I can seize.

Look at my razor smile,

Peek behind the mask.

Without conscience and indifferent to your pain,

Ready to assume the liturgical task

Of sacrifice to the beast within.

I’m the only one I really love.

Don’t tread on my dreams,

Your life means nothing to me.

I’m the pinnacle of progress,

I’ll eat your hopes to feed my greed.