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Ages passed before
friction edits the future...
Odds of death decrease
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Lamar Wiggins
Creative writer in the Northeast US who loves the paranormal, mystery, true crime, horror, humor, fantasy and poetry.
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Violence Begets
"Any last words, cowboy?" "None you'd understand, sodbuster." "Funny. That's Marshall Sodbuster to you. But I meant some last nugget that would help us in the adjudication of the myriad offenses counted against you and your gang. I wasn't asking for penitence."
By Adam Diehl3 days ago in Fiction
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I love how genealogy has provided some of us with information about who we never associated ourselves with. Neanderthals!
Interesting! This one made me think about humankind and how in this current day and age we have the ability to decrease death, disease, and injury. But for some reason it seems like we are going in the other direction. Great work as always, Lamar!
That should be true, but aren't we reverting to the Neanderthal stage. Plus we are moving away from naturalness in everything. If we relearn we may arrive at your poem. hopeful haiku.
Thought provoking Lamar. There is a theory that homo sapiens learnt poetry from homo Neanderthalis not sure where I read that. Another says that our DNA is made up in part of Neanderthal DNA. The latter being better evidenced.
What a great haiku, Lamar! Made me think not only of fire but also friction between Homo Sapience and Neanderthals which resulted into the latter’s extinction.
friction edits the future was such a lovely line
Oooo, that second line was so brilliant! Loved your poem!
Wow! So much depth in three lines.
Wowza Lamar. I’d say good luck, but you don’t need it
Profound insight in these lines....