IN A WORD

instinct

skills

caves

hunt

gather

language

village

trade

walls

hovels

agriculture

tribes

politics

routes

towns

laws

cities

kingdoms

nations

empires

corruption

war

mutually 

assured 

destruction.

Reviews

[Gee]

Guess we're not going to witness the end but as sure as eggs are eggs that is the way mankind is heading.
Good morning

[Vol]

Gee,
I hope not... but then I'm seventy-five years old. I am afraid for my progeny, though. The thing is, we think it is really bad these days, but it has been far worse, for longer periods, and we are SO spoiled!
Vol

[Archishman Rick]

Very sage utilization of words, sir. Each word conveying a true story etched onto history's trajectory, up till culminating into the irony of impending doom that threatens a hard-established civilization. Poetic in every sense of the word, Vol.

[Vol]

AR,
It is funny, I wrote the list as a series if sub-topics for an essay... but decided, "why do that, let folks figure it out for themselves.
Vol

[Ken Simm.]

Intelligent , in fact extremely clever use of words. Throughout history. I think there is just one word missing and that is inevitable.

[Vol]

Ken,
Thanks, man.
As a man, I am a nihilist and agree.
As a Christian, I have assurance that it will end well.
Vol

[John the Baptist]

I think everything in the first part of the poem could be swept ways by the last three lines. That's where we are in the third decade of the 21st century.

[Vol]

John,
Just pure luck we are still here, at least in this alternate universe...
Vol