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Since we first appeared on this watery planet,
We’ve thought of ourselves somehow chosen and blessed.
We looked at the world and assumed that we ran it,
But wouldn’t a touch of humility be best?

Let’s think zoological
Act zoological
Link the biological
Facts. It’s not illogical
To think mythological,
Behave anthropological,
But at the end of it all
We are not the prodigal
Sons. There is no planet B
So how hard can it be
To avert calamity
For all of humanity?
We need some amity
For our animal family.
Anthropocentricity
Is the gravest calumny.

We are related to the birds
We’re related to the bees
We’re related to the bugs
We’re related to the trees
We’re related to bacteria
And to the manatees
And our closest relations are the chimpanzees.

So let’s think zoological
Act zoological
Make a zoological
Pact with zoological
Earth that we’ll take care of it
Repair the wear and tear of it
Not just say a prayer for it
But promise we’ll be there for it

Think zoological
Tame our technological
Traits. It’s not impossible
If we give a t*ss. It’ll
Take more than symbolic acts
If we are to see impacts
But facing up to the facts
Is a skill our species lacks.

We are related to the birds
We’re related to the bees
We’re related to the bugs
We’re related to the trees
We’re related to bacteria
And to the manatees
And our closest relations are the chimpanzees.

The facts, no matter how you twist ‘em
Show us that the Earth’s a synergistic system,
Each bit reliant on all the other bits,
An eight-million piece jigsaw into which our species fits.
Much more snuggly than our fellow man admits
If you judge by all the crimes against nature he commits.

What with this climate catastrophe looming,
And the ongoing Coronavirus event,
The question of “What does it mean to be human?”
Might have to be rephrased to ask what it meant,
And where all of the humans went.

One more chorus, come on everybody now…

We are related to the birds
We’re related to the bees
We’re related to the bugs
We’re related to the trees
We’re related to bacteria
And to the manatees
And our closest relations…
are the chimpanzees.

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from Ensonglopedia of the Human, released July 18, 2021

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