If there were no dark
side of the Moon, we would have had to invent one, or something less obscure. Perhaps we might have broadly legalized
rooster fighting. More war is always an
option.
For a time, we were guided
by the Moon. We capered around the fire
and scooped sparks into the night, convinced the sparks were the seeds of
stars.
When darkness dissolved
the Moon, we threw more sparks.
When clouds crossed, we
chanted and blamed our children for some unknown transgression.
When the Moon failed us,
we invented civilization.
--Mitchell Hegman
It begs to be asked: Are we more civilized now than we were back in the days of the proverbial club-wielding stone-age men who dragged women to caves by their hair?
ReplyDeleteA valid question. Above my pay grade for that determination.
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