MAN

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COMPETING ON EQUAL TERMS,
WITH ANTS AND ELEPHANTS,
MICE AND WORMS,
MAN HAS SURVIVED
UP UNTIL NOW,
AND IS A LOT BETTER OFF,
THAN THE AVERAGE BROWN COW

MAN HAS GOT MONEY,
MAN HAS CARS,
ICONS, ROLE MODELS AND
SUPERSTARS,
ANTHRAX SPORES,
FOR ALL KINDS OF WARS,
SUPERMARKETS, SHOPPING MALLS
AND SUPER STORES

MAN HAS OUTGROWN,
HIS ANCESTOR THE APE,
AND TAKEN ON A MORE MANLY SHAPE,
MADE IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS
OF GOD,
EVOLVED FROM THE CHIMPANZEE;
MAN IS THE BEST
THAT GOD CAN DO,
AS FAR AS MAN CAN SEE

MAN RULES THIS PLANET,
GODS' EARTHLY ESTATE,
AND MAN THINKS MAN IS GREAT,
BUT MAN IS MAKING
A MESS OF IT ALL,
'COS MAN IS FULL
OF VANITY AND HATE

MAN HATES MAN,
AS MUCH AS MAN CAN,
AND WEARS THE DEVILS' CROWN,
BLACK WHITE OR BROWN,
MAN ON MAN LOOKS DOWN,
FOR MAN IS THE DEVILS' CLOWN

MAN IS POMPOUS, PROUD AND VAIN,
AND HAS NO SAVING GRACE,
AND MAN IS DESTINED
TO DESTROY THE EARTH,
AS WELL AS THE HUMAN RACE

MANS' TRACK RECORD,
WHEN BROUGHT TO BOOK,
DOES NOT BEAR A SECOND LOOK,
MAN COMES LAST
IN THE HUMAN BEING RACE

A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING

AND EVERYTHING IN ITS' PLACE




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