THE PROFANE AND THE SACRED

"You green s**t" Koko, * "Dragons of Eden" Carl Sagan

        

             

         My father said
         he knew he loved me
         when he volunteered
         for my first diaper change.
         It wasn't something done
         by men back then.
         "Your poop was green and gooey,
         really strange."
         All life seems one long,
         time consuming quest to separate
         the good things from the bad.
         We hoard the precious
         and discard the rest.
         If we are not that other
         we are glad.
         Alas, "s**t happens"
         much to our dismay.
         We often panic
         trying to stay calm.
         We search in vain
         to find some other way.
         But ask a farmer,
         artist,
         healer,
         mom:
         In life
         there is no me or you or it.
         'Cause everything is sacred,
         even s**t.


 

Author's Note

Koko * (born July 4, 1971, in San Francisco, California) is the name of a gorilla taught by Dr. Francine 'Penny' Patterson and other scientists at Stanford University to communicate with more than 1,000 signs based on American Sign Language, and understand approximately 2,000 words of spoken English. She has lived most of her life in Woodside, California

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