tarzan was a bitch

[plural]

or
the
savage within us

what determines within us
what switch defines our reaction
to adversity?

Why do some of us
lie down and accept
what is piled upon us
and others fight to
the death even the appearance
of such

or
perhaps a better question
what within
ourselves signals
the change between
what behaviors we
will accept from others
and
what behaviors release
the primal beast within.

I tend
to be a primal bastard

you fuck with my family
I am going to fuck with you

but there is a line
some times drawn
in stone and others
in sand

which if someone
crosses I go from
a nice and polite

lets resolve these issues

to get the fuck
out of my way
I am going to
redecorate his face
with this shovel here

I am
a violent man
who
rarely engages in violence

I find it often
inconvenient
but strongly believe
that
often violence
is the only answer

fuck Rodney King
cause
we can't all just get along

If we humans
were all rational and
unemotional people

violence would be
obsolete

The vulcans of
star trek fame
were perfectly capable
of resolving any issue
by a path of discourse
to a mutually satisfactory conclusion.

Humans are not.

The reason for this
is that we all
each and every one of us
speaks a different language

my english is
different than your english

but
it is close enough that
we can generally get
a vague idea of what
the other is saying.

For example
most people consider
being sympathetic
to be a good thing

good old joe is always has a sympathetic ear
to help you sort out your problems.

I say
fuck good old joe
and his sympathy too

in my english
sympathy is condescending

in order to give sympathy
you have to be in a better place

you are a poor miserable soul
so I can give you my sympathies
for your wretched state

sure it is just semantics
but language and communiation
are about semantics

and quite frankly
when it comes to life
we are
all fucked [up]