This reminds me of Brecht...stunning
We haven't progressed...
- Alan
On Wed, 9 May 2007, Obododimma Oha wrote:
The Problem of the Ape
(For Desmond Morris)
The problem is not that the human is the beast
The problem is not that the beast calls a feast
When he should call a long fast
To repent his shameful past
The problem is not that the beast is naked
And does not know
The problem is that the beast
Has learnt to pretend not to know
The problem is not that the beast
Is an ape with the longest penis
The problem is that he wields it
Against the other who has none
The problem is not that the beast may fail
To progress,
The problem is that the beast may think
He is no longer a beast
When he has progressed.
--- Obododimma Oha
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Obododimma Oha
PhD (Stylistics/War Rhetoric)
MSc (Legal, Criminological, Security Psychology)
Senior Lecturer in Stylistics, Semiotics, Discourse Analysis
Department of English, University of Ibadan
Fellow, Centre for Peace Conflict Studies
University of Ibadan, NIGERIA
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