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Ancestral Terror
22. Some time in June 2021
Ooh! There’s a leopard in the tree!
If I don’t move,
It might not see me.
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Oh! There’s a leopard!
It jumped silently from the ground
And stole softly up the branches
While we were arguing about fruit
And the alpha male’s terrible breath
And other important stuff.
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There’s a leopard, a leopard!
With big fangs and soft fur.
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What do I do? What do I do?
Ooh! There’s a leopard, a leopard!
My son’s jumped to the next tree.
My daughter’s swung away
Along with my cousin.
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Oh! There’s a leopard, a leopard!
It’s getting really near,
I’m trembling with fear.
What do I do? What do I do?
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If I don’t move,
It might not see me.
If I don’t move, it might not…
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This is exactly how most modern humans are reacting to Global Heating at the moment. Freezing in the hope that the predator won’t notice us.
