as Darwin plays his game
people pretending to care
but what they want is very clear
People have needs and wants,
so why do we lie?
why do we pretend?
When we all know the game.
The game is to win,
to beat your fellow man
to show him you are better
and lay claim to the prize
Our biology has fated us
to a destiny we didn't choose
to impulses we can't fight
to a lifetime of strife
We signal virtue or vice
out of desire
to elevate ourselves
above our brothers
but we are the same
unwilling to be tamed
wishing to live by reason
but instead are ashamed
For some this doesn't matter
the thought does not cross their mind
i wish only i could be
as ignorant as they
But instead I am a cynic
judging everyone, and myself
by an impossible standard
that reason dictates
but life can't accept.
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