Monday, February 19, 2018

No. 273: “Intelligence” (or Knowing Our Place)


A bad idea
Intelligence” is, it turns out.
Whatever idiot thought of it,
should be shot and taken out.

And though it may vex us,
it's better than sex is:
that urge to keep going
all the while knowing
we're actually going
nowhere.
How is that fair?

Nature creates us,
sex agitates us,
thus forcing us
to propagate us.

We overrate us
(surprise, surprise)
casting ourselves
as the good guys.
An iffy surmise.

We cannot know
what all of this means.
We're merely extras
in some crowd scenes.