We are a composite and so
Greater than the brute animal
We are a rational mammal
Of body and soul, this we know.
The size of an almond, some think,
Our amygdala is to blame;
The seat of our bias, poison ink,
And where our fears lie, less than tame.
Neuroplasticity, proclaim
The world’s learned, both friend and foe,
We are a rational mammal!
Of body and Soul, this we know.
Less we believe but in a blink,
Let it dominate, all the same,
To the precipice, to the brink
We’d go, playing a blindfold game,
With people seeking pow’r and fame,
And run like beasts from whip and whoa.
We are a composite and so
Greater than the brute animal.
Gary Edward Geraci