(25 July 1956)

Cusp

Hunters kill on the veldt,
butcher the carcass, strip red meat and leave.
Scavengers find by sight or smell,
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  • Captain Cur (4/27/2013 6:05:00 AM)

    We are still Neanderthals, we just dress better!
    Great write, I won't mention the wallabies.
    I liked the line, with hammerstone sculpted river pellet blades.
    Rich imagery.

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  • Captain Cur (4/27/2013 6:04:00 AM)

    We are still Neanderthals, we just dress better!
    Great write, I won't mention the wallabies.
    I liked the line, with hammerstone sculpted river pellet blades.
    Rich imagery.

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  • Douglas Scotney (3/20/2013 8:41:00 PM)

    strange, it wasn't 'thus spake Zarathustra' that Margaret Throsby played coincidently as I read this, but 'the blue danube' and I saw that space hostess walking around the cylinder.

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  • Anthony Di''anno (3/19/2013 11:44:00 AM)

    And they knew what it was they were eating. Unlike today.
    Another great poem for the pot.

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  • S.zaynub Kamoonpuri (3/17/2013 8:28:00 AM)

    Aha a splendid poem with readers enjoyable scavenging imagery. Kudos!

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  • Veeraiyah Subbulakshmi (3/13/2013 11:07:00 PM)

    Yes, the hunters are too smart to hunt for food, but now hunters wear different hats! Nice to read!

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  • Dinesh Nair (3/12/2013 8:09:00 PM)

    But the earth and its echo systems have been upset by man. The evolution over a few millennia has had the shade of misuse and abuse that man is boasting of.

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  • Thomas A Robinson (3/10/2013 9:44:00 AM)

    Man...not much difference then and now.Except for his ability to now scavenge the whole earth (strip, unearth,
    make bare all earth)

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  • Valsa George (3/10/2013 5:32:00 AM)

    What has been thrown away by some becomes sustenance for another! Over millenniums, for survival, man resorts to more viable techniques! ! That's all! A very imaginative write! !

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  • Valsa George (3/10/2013 5:04:00 AM)

    Through what struggles for existence over milleniums, the modern man has evolved into his present stature! A very imaginative read! !

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