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We cut our teeth

on simple needs,

on herd and grain,

and picking stones to fit our hands.

And thus was born:

hominin thought, hominin deed.

Then, our simple thoughts

shaped our tools,

knapping stones to fit our hands.

And thus was born:

hominin thought, hominin deed, hominin dreams.

And fire was tamed.

And wolf was tamed.

Handaxe let us dream.

What clever apes we made.

Then, our simple tools

shaped our thoughts,

lithic flakes of ape removed.

And thus was born: a killer

with hominin thought, hominin deed, hominin dreams.

And land was claimed.

And gods were named.

Handaxe let us dream.

What clever killers we made.

Hand. Axe. Kill. Lithic flakes of ape removed.