The Snag

 "Almost Always, The Creative Dedicated Minority Has Made The World Better."-M.L.K. Jr.

A Snag In Evolution...


So Long Ago 
That We Were Still 
Going Around On All Fours
But Learning To Reach And To Climb...


The Cave-Brain Festered, 
Scared All Of The Time... 
Sat In The Shade 
Just Inside 
The Mouth Of The Cave... 
Watching Everything That Went By, 
Becoming A Patient Observer,

While Prey Passed The Cave 
Rooting, Sniffing, Scratching, 
Sniffing The Scents In The Wind, 
Basically Doing Its Own Thing, 
Carrying On, Being Itself... 


Until Cave-Brain Blitzed Them 
From Out Of The Shadows, 
Ending Their Life In A Frenzied 
Animal Attack Of Stinking Wet Death...


And If Something Bigger Stronger Faster Went By, 
Our Cave Ancestor Likely Shrunk Back Into The Shadows 
Thinking That They Could Hide Their Stink, 
Scared To Death Of Being Discovered, Blitzed, 
And Eaten Alive;


The Larger Beast Would Have Exhibited 
Some Of The Same Thinking As The Prey, 
Rooting, Sniffing, Scratching, 
Most of All Investigating Everything, 
Indulging Its Interest...


Meanwhile Cave Brain Has Already Relegated 
His Family To The Back Of The Cave, 
Women And Children Just Attract Attention 
And Invite Attack...


In Some Instances Bigger Beast, 
Who Did Not Get Full Size 
In An Animal World 
By Being A Stupid, Inefficient Hunter, 
Would Have Discovered Cave-Brain 
99 Times Out Of 100, 
Attacked The Male Of The Cave, 
Disabled Him, Sat On Him 
And Ate His Family, 
Then Picking His Teeth 
With Their Bones, 
Before Killing The Daddy, 
Getting A Good Sleep, 
Maybe Check The Cave For Liveability, 
Before Moving On...


This Sucked For Cave-Brains Everywhere, 
So They Would Have Developed The Idea 
That Whatever, W.h.a.t.e.v.e.r. Went By 
Needed To Be Blitzed And Killed,
Blitz The Bigger Beast
Before He Knows What's What, 
That's The Ticket


Caves Of A Vicinity Might Have Realized 
The Safety In Numbers Thing 
Humans Have Carried 
Since We Left The Water, 
Could Be Used To Defend Their Area, 


Though Cave-Brain Was Not Averse To 
Eating His Neighbor's Kids 
Given The Chance, 
And So May Have Learned To Wait 
Until Neighbor Was Attacked,

Then Moved In To Backstab Bigger Beast 
In A Blitzing Assault 
Where He Could Very Well Come Out On Top 
Having Killed Big Beast After It'd Killed Neighbor Beast, 
Leaving The Females, Adolescents, And Children 


In Need Of A Protector/Provider, 
The Females Hunting And Warring Instincts Fading Already... 
But Only For Cave Dwellers...
Tree-Man Still Had All Their Best Hunters And Warriors...
And Fire...


Cave-Brain Would Adopt Those 
He Could Use 
And Eat The Rest...


The Most Horrifying Effect 
Of Poor Cave Man's Animal Act, 
Propelled By Fear, 
With No Concept Of Human Honor 
To Draw On, 


Becoming Very Concerned 
That The Species Would Die Off, 
Maybe Not Having Noticed 
That Gestations Were Getting Longer, 
But Aware That Litters Were Getting Smaller, 


Cave Tribe Malnourished 
Having Lost Half Their Best Hunters, 
Knowing That Any Attack 
By Greater Numbers Meant Death... 


The Most Cowardly Thing 
That Could Have Happened Did, 
It Was Easy, 
It Was Heinous,
It's Still With Us...


Whenever Cave-Brain 
Let His Guard Down, 
Maybe He Ventured  
Out Of Sight Of The 
Cave To Follow A Scent, 


He Comes Back And 
Finds His Females And 
The Young Outside The Cave, 
Sniffing And Rooting, 
Scratching And Digging, 
Eating Grass, 
Sipping From A Creek, 
Indulging Their Interest 
Of Whatever Caught Their Eye, 
Or Nose, Or Ear...


And Cave-Brain Freaked, 
It Wouldn't Have Mattered 
That They Were His Reason For Being, 
Or That If They Weren't There 
Then His Existence Was Of  No Consequence...


His Constant Fear Of Losing 
That Which He Held Most Precious, 
Maybe Even Felt 'Responsible' For, 
Overrode Any Humanity, Any Courage, 
Any Honor For The Species, 
Let Alone Building An Honorable Society 
Based On A Culture Of Courage,...


The Sight Of ANY Beast Sniffing, 
Rooting, Thinking For Itself 
And Indulging It's Own Agenda 
Awakened The Animal, 
Frightened, Territorial, Malnourished, 
Whose Tunnel Vision 
Disabled Their Thinking, 
And So Attacked Their Own 
Until Only The Programmable Survived.
And Any Little Beast Who Could Not 
Curb Their Interest Of The World Around Them
Deny Their HUMAN Mind;


We Know That Some Of The Most Recalcitrant 
Control Freaks in Religious Cultures
Are Spawned Of The Broken Home,

And Are Trying To Orchestrate An Environment 
Where Nothing Would Break Up Their Young Family 
If Everyone Does Exactly What is Expected Of Them 
And Nothing More


While The Tree-Man Began Experiencing Spatial Thinking, 
Orchestrated Ambush, 
Developing Projectile Weapons,
Looking At The World From Above,
Nurturing Honor Towards Others 
In Their Own Children, 
Feeling The Power That Comes With Human Courage...