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For five million years

Our system sketched in stone

Etched by our sacred tradition

By the warring states

We attribute eons of our existence

To beast and rodent.

Although on both sides of the mirror

We remain so alike

Take common need, a human creed and

Adaptation ensues

Time

Is an artificial device

Invisible cage that imprisons us

Bend the bars, break the cycle of tradition

But never forget

To appreciate

Let us remember our roots

As we ascertain methods to ward the tomb

Abandon our feuds

And open our minds to the sun