PROUDLY

PROUDLY

proudly
exactly at the moment
when angels fell

he
stood up

  on his hind legs

put away
monkey business, childish
                              things
dropped
   his prehensile tale

at which,
   clock started ticking
for all obedience points
accrued
    for infraction
points dropped

strewed the veld
with the detritus of
every hunter-
gatherer

         later agricultural event

leaving bones to
be picked
                  by such as
Dawkins and Harari

bounding across new landscapes
from horizon
        to horizon

virus
of conquest
so much space to acquire