say the best, in the end, win.
We relish these stories of long ago
glories. . .
tell them to children without chagrin.
Our ancestors knew what they had to do
to make sure their descendants would be
me and you.
It was not always pretty. It was not
always fair.
(It rarely is begetting an heir.)
Brave and true, noble and strong,
they killed any men who didn't belong,
bred the daughters and wives (most pretty, most blessed)
which on the whole cut down on incest.
Give a cheer for these rapists and murderers,
the ancestors we hold so dear.
If they had not been murderers and
rapists,
you and I would not be here.