A poem inspired by The Poet by Day’s Wednesday Prompt – Evolving. Thank you, Jamie Dedes, for another thought provoking prompt! It started out optimistic but as the poem evolved, it was pulled in the opposite direction. Telling, isn’t it?
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It sets us apart from other animals
The ability to grasp objects and concepts
To finely manipulate tools and other people
With this simple communication
We can catch a ride or point the way back
We can say Winner or Loser
With a twist of the wrist
For complexity
We now use them like beaks
Pecking letters that make or break relationships
The more it gets used
The faster it gets
Bypassing the higher brain
Thinking only of the print it wants to leave behind
Mayhap, flattened against the button
Signaling the start of the end
Of evolution.
©️ iido 2018
