APES, STILL--POST DEBATE POST MORTUM

How far
from the caves
& trees & forests
that history swings through;
how far
from the single cells
of slavery
& perfunctionary fucking
have we traveled
to get to
last night?

The desert's lion's head
& sand beasts,
Constantinople & catastrophes
hold little sway
over inherent cruelties
& madmen.

Once upon a time
we were apes
with clubs...now
nuclear weapons.

Norman Savage
Greenwich Village, 2016