Evolve

Traverse back to the genesis from which we subsist
Rejoin the poets of a past so long forgotten (1)
Recount the fissure spelled out across the span of time
The chasm that binds us at the seams
The Space that fills the void in-between
Mired in the filth (2) we call home
Crawling across a shore of perpetual progress
We’ve grown in stature, the outgrowths of our development reaching toward the heavens
Taking shape, we set ourselves apart
Self-aware, now self-deceived
A product of our own success
Crafting fire toward a better end (3)
Survived the worst and scorched the earth (4)
Unreproved, if undesired (5)
The pinnacle of purpose
The apex parasite of paradox
Pillaging the populations of our predecessors
But our vanity requires no appreciation (6)
Of this proof of our insanity, which should incite our indignation,
The wholeness of humanity resting on recapitulation.
These vestiges only serve to occupy our curiosity.
Lines of code outdated by our progress
Rendered obsolete by random chance
Rendered obsolete by random chance
by random chance
But we've come to realize our own illusions
We endlessly reject what we’ve received
The texts all enlighten our delusions
So, we tirelessly Construct
monuments to sate our lusts

Phantasms to quell our Existential Angst (8)
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Joined by a single haunting question
Why do we exist?!
Why do we persist?! (9)
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Footnotes:
(1) a reference to ancient accounts of creation
(2) a simultaneous reference to primordial ooze and the fallen state of humanity.
(3) Discovered fire
(4) Fire used for destructive military purposes (research historical reference for this)
(5) The Waste Land; Ln 291; T.S. Eliot
(6) The Waste Land; Ln 296; T.S. Eliot
(7) The general lack of sophistication embodied by the evolutionary theory of recapitulation seems, to me, emblematic of the ridiculousness of the entire endeavor.
(8) Existential Angst, as defined by Nihilistic philosophers, generally entails the freedom and responsibility of individual existence. The freedom to create our existence and the responsibility following our choosing to do so creates a fearful anguish. If by some trick of ingenuity we can remove this angst by creating idols that narrow the freedom inherent in our cognizant existence, we can mitigate the anxiety associated with our existence.
(9) Agent Smith; The Matrix Trilogy