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Nature vs Nurture
How awful is that,
being killed
in a deadly elephant
attack,
or being eaten
by a crocodile?
You cannot tame
those rhinoceros,
nor ride the backs
of river horses*
or peaceably sleep
in a nest of vipers!
I shall then dwell
within the city,
where the animals
are criminals
and where wolves
live among the sheep.
Nature can be deadly,
nurture even worse,
animals live by instinct
humans live by choice
within the curse;
to do good or do not.
* hippopotamos literally means "river horse," from hippos "horse" and potamos "river"
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