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Shoot All Messengers

Shoot All Messengers

If you study the long history
of our contentious species
you will quickly see
a common thread of inhumanity...

Our chest thumping tribe
riddled with insecurities
is hard wired to solve conflicts
with unrelenting violence
so don't hold your breath
about us ever giving peace a chance

 

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Gwendoline

Love the pic that goes so well with your piece. John was an amazing mind sadly lost too soon. Yes I often think we are in trouble of becoming our own destruction. But the conditioning is rooted deep, that even when we think we are free thinking, we aren’t 
Great write

Gwen x

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Steve Green

Thanks for the kind words Gwen...Beneath our veneer of civilization we are still beasts of the jungle

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