Mankind
feels the need
to shower or bathe each day.
It causes me to wonder...
what they strive to wash away?

What other creature
imagines such filth?
No other carries
such discontent.

They remove
contact with nature...
then spray on
nature's scent.

Is it because of
Man's TRUE Nature,
buried deep
beneath the dirt,
that he scrubs away
at the form of clay
and sprays a fragrant squirt?

You can scrub
and you can scour
with all your might,
for what its worth.
This water below
will not uncover
what lies beneath the earth.

This action is not
that of BEAST,
although "beast"
is now your prison.

MAN must
continue to
till the ground,
until the Son of Man
has risen

Much is told
by the actions
of those in death,
who know it not,
but strive to keep
debris away from their
precious private plot.

Visit the tomb
at dawning,
in your ritual of grief,
to wash and anoint the body
of the dead that lies beneath.

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