Built on the bones of our brothers and others on cannibalism we survived
By rape and murder a hunter not herder our species arrived
Scraping human marrow we killed by arrow the Neandertal
Who in their fear had only a wood spear to fight against us all
We chewed on their shank as their blood we drank, our numbers grew
When times were rough, to eat enough we ate our children too
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Author:
sorenbarrett (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Archeological evidence shows that our species were cannibals and the significant probability that we killed off the Neandertals because of superior weapons having bow and arrows while they had only spears. Although we did interbreed it may well have been through rape and Western Europeans contain about two percent Neandertal genes. When food became scarce it appears that we fed off the old, weak and small including children. Not isolated events but found in diverse far distant locations. Is it any wonder we still have a tendency toward violence in modern society.
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Comments4
The darkest of dark poetry readings and so fabulously executed. Of Man I'm not a fan some days! 🌹
Good write SB.
So could we not be better than that these days?
Usual enriched write, Soren, but to what end?
yes all true, mankind likes to avoid our history, enjoyed the read
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