Teaching Chimps Words
Teach them just enough words to know
a pickaxe from a pencil…just a few practical words
for practical applications, not too many,
The chimps could build dog kennels for dogs,
shelves for their tools. Park benches for
other more elderly chimps.
Humans on the other hand could
curtail much language education,
perhaps needing only enough words
to tell chimps what to do,
leaving them more time
to shout incoherently into cellphones
while communicating
almost entirely in emojis
even more than they do now.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2021
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