04-29-2022, 11:32 PM
How did Neanderthal gird himself for another day
after a night of restless dreams of the hunt
without coffee and a cigarette to stir their brain awake?
A stretch, casting off their furs, shoving aside their mate,
a stumbling walk down a rocky incline to douse their head
in an icy stream, a calm grunt, sometimes a mild roar,
scattering a few late scavengers around the cast off bones
that lay in piles at the base of their rocky shelter?
Did they stir the fire instead, throwing on a few sticks
to watch the life preserving flames flare up
while a female groomed their shaggy backs, picking out vermin,
and tell each other of their memories of the day before?
Or pick a fight with the weakest of the clan,
kicking and punching them without rancor
until they moved out of sight to the farthest corner of the cave?
Did they simply stare at the rising sun until their brain no longer resisted?
Day begins, we face it the best way we know how,
knowing our lives depend on wakefulness and desire.
after a night of restless dreams of the hunt
without coffee and a cigarette to stir their brain awake?
A stretch, casting off their furs, shoving aside their mate,
a stumbling walk down a rocky incline to douse their head
in an icy stream, a calm grunt, sometimes a mild roar,
scattering a few late scavengers around the cast off bones
that lay in piles at the base of their rocky shelter?
Did they stir the fire instead, throwing on a few sticks
to watch the life preserving flames flare up
while a female groomed their shaggy backs, picking out vermin,
and tell each other of their memories of the day before?
Or pick a fight with the weakest of the clan,
kicking and punching them without rancor
until they moved out of sight to the farthest corner of the cave?
Did they simply stare at the rising sun until their brain no longer resisted?
Day begins, we face it the best way we know how,
knowing our lives depend on wakefulness and desire.