we raised the first rib, as a sign of dominion we placated no god as we devoured our kin we crawled in the swill, the ignoble race Incontinent pride, our prevailing trait
our pedagogue! a blind discord! insatiable violence begets more violence
bipedal apes cower in droves we are not worthy of our own pardon
Tarred with the same brush we choke on our own words marred by our puerile sense of self worth
‘Humanity’.—We do not regard the animals as moral beings. But do you suppose the animals regard us as moral beings?—An animal which could speak said: ‘Humanity is a prejudice of which we animals at least are free.’ (Friedrich Nietzsche, Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality