Morality as a luxury of full bellies Poems

Popular Morality as a luxury of full bellies Poems
from gorilla shit-tasting to human imperialism
by atef ayadi

we began as mouths in the dark,
tongues testing the world.
bitter leaves, sour beetles,
the warm mush of our own waste,
re-eating what was lost.

then,
fingers learned to break branches,
not just for nests, but spears.
the hunt began small,

......

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Recent Morality as a luxury of full bellies Poems
from gorilla shit-tasting to human imperialism
by atef ayadi

we began as mouths in the dark,
tongues testing the world.
bitter leaves, sour beetles,
the warm mush of our own waste,
re-eating what was lost.

then,
fingers learned to break branches,
not just for nests, but spears.
the hunt began small,

......

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