Neanderthals weren't xenophobic (Probably)

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Neanderthals weren't xenophobic-

Else they wouldn't have perished

This is our world and everyone else is wasting oxygen

'Our' and 'Else'

Monosyllabic-polydividing words

What are we but sculptures of sand,

Permutations and combinations of atoms,

Born from the seeds sown in Africa,

Crops of which we corrupt ourselves

The flesh on our same skeletons

Meant to celebrate diversity,

Ends up as preachers of differences

That skin our flesh of wit

I'm sure our heads are hollow

With presumed lightness that floats us

To the assumed cloud nine,

Which in fact is the last circle

Of Dante's inferno,

And even if our skulls are filled,

Our cranium doesn't protect brain

But store blood boiled with hate

For us but not us...

~Ajay
28/9/17

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