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man has a need
to make sense of things
so, he gives them sentience,
he worships at ancient stones,
fondly embraces venerable trees,
conquers foreboding mountains
as if they were adversaries,
all such things derive a
personality and an identity
from man’s need to give them
a sense of place,
he created the afterlife in
order to understand death
disbelieving there could
ever be an end to things,
man has constructed his
own microcosm of faith,
being fragile and needing
to create a durable carapace
to make sense of things
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