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In the primordial soup
inanimate amidst the stoup
suddenly a tremor, a thrill
touch of divine will
something came alive
aware and intent to survive
keen to evolve and derive
as on to the shores it tread
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The air ruled by feather and craw
the earth ruled by tooth and claw
amidst these a helpless primate
itself destined to rule and predate
armed with reason and sight
from the trees did alight
learned to walk upright
as out of the cradle it led
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The reign of the sabertooth grew
each night brought terrors anew
when the heavens’ tears and ire
led to the discovery of fire
there was now illumination
a tool to fight predation
of fear, a sweet cessation
as forever the darkness fled
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Tools from rock were hewn
clothes from skin were sewn
fur for coats was shorn
shells to arms adorn
thus the primate’s zeal
led Fortuna to reveal
the secret of the wheel
as onwards humanity sped
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Through sword, stone, and academe
man now reigned supreme
an age to experiment and explore
civilizations galore
the spoken word was inscribed
complex thought transcribed
to the masses described
as wisdom thus spread
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Faith was long an excursion
the means to a spiritual incursion
a somewhat private affair
with minimal pomp and flair
and then religion was born
faith on the sleeve was worn
the fabric was forever torn
as god and government were wed
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Dark is the history page
for dark were the deeds of that age
when rational thoughts were banished
knowledge from this world vanished
replaced by fear and superstition
fables of suffering and perdition
self-serving rendition
as on sheep, the shepherds fed
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At last, the dogma was worn
a new age was finally born
an era of science and invention
a race to break convention
harnessing the power of steam
exploiting every seam
achieving every dream
as on the clouds, we tread
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Beneath success did jealousy breed
for conflict is man’s true creed
the just rose in defiance
to a cruel and unholy alliance
soon the world was at war
destruction near and afar
brother against brother did spar
as all humanity bled
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From its ashes, a new world arose
the eagle now watched over the rose
man left his cocoon
and aimed to touch the moon
scientific wonders instilled
while the world was rebuilt
a prophecy fulfilled
as we played God instead
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The wars came home to roost
a tragedy self-induced
the scuffle between powers
crumbled the twin towers
innocence forever lost
freedoms forever tossed
a terrible cost
as bigotry raised its ugly head
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A world on brink of extinction
its rulers fixated on the distinction
between borders, color, and breed
victim of their own greed
the seas threaten to rise
fire, to rain from the skies
harbingers of man’s demise
as our fate hangs by a thread
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A barren and desolate landscape
that the howling winds do scrape
of life, light, and sound devoid
the core of our world destroyed
pride came before the fall
for a holocaust did befall
scourge that consumed all
as to the stars, humanity fled
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On a world far away
a place still in nature’s sway
suddenly a tremor, a thrill
touch of divine will
something came alive
aware and intent to survive
keen to evolve and derive
as in the womb, it bred
Watershed