No scorpion dance <br />punishes sterility <br />it won’t kill itself <br /> <br />Its tail instead lashes on prey <br />Because the natural order says so <br />The order in-between man’s conscious <br /> <br />Before he left caves <br />Man crawled with the scorpion <br />Machines unchisled yet <br /> <br />Men left caves for new passions <br />But the simpler things stayed on the ground <br />And walked into men’s old homes <br /> <br />Those scorpions laughed <br />“We can not be simpler creatures, ” <br />then those on two legs! ” <br /> <br />“How would they use poisoned tails? ” <br />“Would they just stab their foe in the back? ” <br />“Or fight Nature’s cruel game right? ” <br /> <br />They watched deep inside <br />caverns to see how men fought. <br />They were not surprised. <br /> <br />The balance strictly broken <br />Scorpions crawl to extinct man’s feet <br />Man’s self destruction is right <br /> <br />The simpler things will win.<br /><br />Christopher J. Grasso<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/southwest-indian-prophecy/
