The primitive Pithecanthropus erectus, <br />With whom the ethnologists rightly connect us, <br />Defended his own <br />By cudgel and stone. <br />Why isn’t our ancestor here to protect us? <br /> <br />The arrogant Pithecanthropus erectus, <br />Whose traits, through inheritance, deeply affect us, <br />Was sure it was good <br />To grab all he could, <br />Like some of his offspring whose morals deject us. <br /> <br />The ape-man Pithecanthropus erectus <br />Has many descendants prepared to dissect us. <br />With them, might is right, <br />And if we can’t fight, <br />There’s nothing at all will make them respect us.<br /><br />Arthur Guiterman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pithecanthropus-erectus/
