Do you think neanderthals scoffed at
Homo Erectus when they stopped using string?
The pair of them
Share that affair
Of a laugh
About an “ancient” artifact—
The shards of which
Rests, fractured
In both of their brains
This feels important
To them
The grasping of one
Another’s hippocampus
The lovemaking
That occurs
Between two shared
Histories
No matter how
far apart they have
been lived
The two hold hands
Through the
Grasp of the tangible
They Find each others eyes
In the shared neglect
Of adoption
A nostalgia
They dust off
Coats their tongues
And produces the noise
That escapes them.
This
is human tradition
The intergenerational
Shunning
That motivates
Each of us
To progress
Despite scoffing
