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Are We Not Mammals?

from Upward, Not Northward by Harvey Pekar

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Are We Not Mammals?[1]

Behold the self-proclaimed image of god - charter of the earth and sea, civilizer of the wild, courter of the heavens, territorial pisser of the lunar surface. Humanity - the unique superlative[2]. By all accounts scientific, artistic, and theological, I have transcended the classification "animal." This brain allows these opposable thumbs to shape the globe like putty. I am the lion tamer of the known. Call it nobility, call it stick-to-itiveness, I am the heir of an age-old collective consciousness. But, not unlike the feline at my throat, my life choices remain overwhelmingly dictated by that primal need to fertilize eggs. To call me a great ape would be more factual than derogatory. A distant ball of plasma and magnetic fields sustain me. I feed off the excrement of worms. Strip me of my tools and companions and reveal a frightened child to this world. Behold the infant upon his throne.

[1] “They tell us that we lost our tails, evolving up from little snails. I say it’s all just wind in sails. Are we not men?” Devo. Jocko Homo

[2] Walter: “Biggest, boldest living things in the whole world. Make you feel kinda’ small?” Jim: “Nope, big. I’m the one that’s gonna’ knock ‘em down.” The Big Trees.

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from Upward, Not Northward, released July 16, 2013

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