Upright, naked, prowls the plain
An alien race, self-conscious brain
An ember born of sparking flint
A revolution with no hint
No light to shed where it may lead
‘Tis here I hone my guilt, my greed
My sisters venture north, east, west
While clasping newborns to their breast
And ripping meat from rigid bone
A cavegirl with a cellphone
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The beast collapses, breathes its last
We fall upon it, kill the past
Eternity of hunger, fear
We dared, now share, grow ever nearer
Cling together, fight and flee
We feed and fuck, I speak and see
While way beyond our understanding
Stalks unseen a monster hand in
Hand with demon seed unsown
A cavegirl with a cellphone
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Flickering flames dispel the night
We huddle, cuddle, till the sunlight
Frightens off the circling pack
He hunts, I gather, hurry back
To him. Yet waiting in a gloomy
Future perfect secret room he
Lies, a smooth, sweet-smelling creature
Svelte sophisticated teacher
Anthropo-scenic beauty once unknown
To a cavegirl with a cellphone
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I accept my lot, my life-long mate
And cosy cave to decorate
Existing in simplicity
With fur and fire for luxury
Yet out there in the ether
Hides a snarling monster neither
Of us has the genes to beat
Clicks are all it takes to meet
Now I’m found out, thrown out, living on my own
A cavegirl with a cellphone
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