We've all got memes
Deep down in our genes
Passed down and passed out
Bursting our seams
There are memes in the air
Thoughts and feelings we share
Ideas spinning round
In the clouds everywhere
When was the first meme?
When two primates dared to dream
The same dream, the same things
Long before we had screens
I haz a bucket
A cheeseburger
A chair
I laughed and I clicked
I edited and shared
We're all forging memes
Fresh, new ones everyday
Memesmith is the role
That every poet must play
Memes are part of our soul
They're in our DNA
May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021 at 7:58 PM UTC
We've all got memes
Deep down in our genes
Passed down and passed out
Bursting our seams
There are memes in the air
Thoughts and feelings we share
Ideas spinning round
In the clouds everywhere
When was the first meme?
When two primates dared to dream
The same dream, the same things
Long before we had screens
I haz a bucket
A cheeseburger
A chair
I laughed and I clicked
I edited and shared
We're all forging memes
Fresh, new ones everyday
Memesmith is the role
That every poet must play
Memes are part of our soul
They're in our DNA
Y'know what I meme?
Definition of meme
1 : an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture.
"Memes (discrete units of knowledge, gossip, jokes and so on) are to culture what genes are to life. Just as biological evolution is driven by the survival of the fittest genes in the gene pool, cultural evolution may be driven by the most successful memes." — Richard Dawkins
~05/20/2021
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