In the before, before we ever were We were the primordial Till our ascendant transitions Overtook our **** poor positions On the rearranging food chain
When we changed to five fingered beings With high octane ape brains Transcending our vocal limitations With new sonic imitations
A long lineage lining up For one improvement then the next Rising with each step on the DNA stairway Loosing and gaining, gaining and loosing Till, organs become vestigial And even we cannot suss out Their original purpose
We barely know the steps To this historic dance Just taking each adaption As a matter of chance
Till tired tangents separate Grow and aggregate
A billion years finds us here Stewing in fear of Our own irrelevance Not knowing that by growing Such creative brilliance We have discovered Our own non-magical miracle
Twigs sprouting leaves Protein powered trees Our heritage ascending to the state of Such a prodigious poetic primate