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Pull "The dog says: 'Bark'" Pull "The cat says: 'Meow'" Pull "The human says: 'The human says: 'The human says: 'The human says: 'The human says: 'The human says:...... The human says: 'I can understand that.'                                Sternly command that.                                shear and plow and smelt and can that                                                             I can make a plan                                to catch and **** and roast and feast                                on that hard quill and bristle beast                                And I can stain his image on the living rock                                no, not to mock                                But to remember what feats we drew                               up from ourselves                                As the javelins flew                                              My hands are clever               They chip the stone, and scrape the wood,                       and wind the sinew              My tongue is cleverer still              My words are the creeping shadow of my  thoughts              And just as a shadow is drawn along behind,                      and stretches in the late dying sun              And snaps to attention in the noonday swelter, to heel,                                                  obedient              My words precede me, and linger behind, and snap to my side to attack              And defend              And manipulate              For well you know, dear reader              That words move men to move mountains              They can drive him to brave the tusks and teeth               And reward him with praise, as the fire flickers against portraiture              Of a hundred beasts              Deadly, proud, roaring              And in the end, delicious.             How splendid am I             To suss out basic truths             From straight-line scratches             In the dirt             I can learn the rules             of all that ever was                             And to learn, is to understand,             is to become unfettered                          I can cleave, dissect, ***** inject             And figure it all out             And learn from a loosing bout                           Every monster brought low               will be investigated               To see how we can end him easier Until the last monster Is man himself
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Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 2014 at 9:45 PM UTC
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Pull "The dog says: 'Bark'" Pull "The cat says: 'Meow'" Pull "The human says: 'The human says: 'The human says: 'The human says: 'The human says: 'The human says:...... The human says: 'I can understand that.'                                Sternly command that.                                shear and plow and smelt and can that                                                             I can make a plan                                to catch and **** and roast and feast                                on that hard quill and bristle beast                                And I can stain his image on the living rock                                no, not to mock                                But to remember what feats we drew                               up from ourselves                                As the javelins flew                                              My hands are clever               They chip the stone, and scrape the wood,                       and wind the sinew              My tongue is cleverer still              My words are the creeping shadow of my  thoughts              And just as a shadow is drawn along behind,                      and stretches in the late dying sun              And snaps to attention in the noonday swelter, to heel,                                                  obedient              My words precede me, and linger behind, and snap to my side to attack              And defend              And manipulate              For well you know, dear reader              That words move men to move mountains              They can drive him to brave the tusks and teeth               And reward him with praise, as the fire flickers against portraiture              Of a hundred beasts              Deadly, proud, roaring              And in the end, delicious.             How splendid am I             To suss out basic truths             From straight-line scratches             In the dirt             I can learn the rules             of all that ever was                             And to learn, is to understand,             is to become unfettered                          I can cleave, dissect, ***** inject             And figure it all out             And learn from a loosing bout                           Every monster brought low               will be investigated               To see how we can end him easier Until the last monster Is man himself
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Nov 18, 2014
Nov 18, 2014 at 9:45 PM UTC
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