Freethinker for Sam Dickens

poem

Freethinker

I do believe that memory can be passed down genetically
Encoded in our D.N.A Although I know the experts say
My theory's unsustainable, there is no proof obtainable.
For all their professed expertise. My theory causes them unease.
They are afraid I might be right. It could explain why men take fright.
When darkness falls and they can't see, arousing repressed memories
Of long ago when men were prey which linger to the present day
Although the experts can't explain the workings of the human brain.
The experts say it can't be so: They know less than they think they know.
I don't accept the experts view I see no reason I should do
I still believe that memory can be passed down genetically.
Encoded in our D.N.A. No matter what the experts say.
They cannot force me to agree for I think independently

31/05/2009
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Reviews

[Sel Whiteley]

Firstly, I love philosophy. On a question like this, I'd tend to take the middle ground. In linguistics, it would be Chomsky's universal grammar. We all have the ability to think such thoughts encoded differently in our minds�but I also think how that's developed is largely environmental.
Right to critique. Love it, once again you are able to express complicated thought not only incredibly eloquently but with rhythm and rhyme. The rhyme seems to frame the thought and to make the freethinking more emphatic. The rhyme creates a very characterful voice.