Reciprocity Nexus

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Monkey Business

From vine to vine with a simian ease
I swing
Through branches of the family tree
I’m reading
A copy of “On the Origin of Species”
I have to say it makes a change
from flinging faeces

We may have cell-phones
Espresso machines
But somewhere deep down we’re wired to flee enemies
Mammals in meetings
Chasing promotions
We work on instinct, primal emotions

It’s monkey business
Natural selection
We share the same DNA as primates
It’s monkey business
Survival of the fittest
Our chromosomes may have evolved
But we’re still apes

Charlie Darwin on the Beagle en route to the Galápagos,
To study finches
Albatross
Across the Wallace line, where the fauna splits
Divided from God and his critics

The neocortex
Might make you perfect
But still you’re propelled by the need for food and sex
Even in a tuxedo
It’s your libido
That drives you to distraction
A call to action

It’s monkey business
Natural selection
We share the same DNA as primates
It’s monkey business
Survival of the fittest
Our chromosomes may have evolved
But we’re still apes

God created mankind in his own image
So…it says in the Book of Genesis
God created mankind in his own image
So…what is all this monkey business?

It’s monkey business
Natural selection
We share the same DNA as primates
It’s monkey business
Survival of the fittest
Our chromosomes may have evolved
But we’re still apes

Monkey business
Monkey man
Monkey business
Monkey woman

Monkey business
Monkey man
Monkey business
Monkey human