Human Nature

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Ah, the tenable lie, the ready pique / the cool denial,

the dire eye / Conscience be still and / quarry be

damned; you can’t help it, it’s / “human nature.”

Cheat, compete, sweet the blade / in the back of the

dog your friend / Your vile pride is justified: / it’s

not your fault, it’s not your fault, it’s / “human

nature.”

O Irony, worm! Cerebrate; / in the ooze and ashes /

of time’s distemper fly / headlong into madness.

Imposters! / How must it grate: forced to primp and

posture / and all because of The Whip, / that loathed

and unflagging fiend you call / “human nature.”

No rest, no peace, / no recompense—On: / you

struggle on / for honesty, for honor, for equity / only

to be foiled, alas, alack, / ever soiled by that

accursed demon you deem / “human nature.”

What pain must you endure in the keeping of your /

crimes! / How insufferable must be the

consideration of your / profits, / the memory of your

slanders, your hypocrisy, / your double-dealing

endeavors / as you valiantly strive to overcome your

lust, / your greed, your mendacity / only to be so

predictable drubbed / by that crazy dragon you call /

“human nature.”

Rust not, brave warrior now fallen. / Your rest is /

prosaic. / Your camp is / populations-deep and /

generations-wide. / And upon your common, gilded

headstone / thine epitaph shall read, / with veracity,

with humility: / I’M ONLY HUMAN.