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Neanderthal Character Analysis
Neanderthal, possessed with a primitive trait to have it all, 
Greed led him to hunt for the Earth’s soil, 
Foiled other’s rights and used them for his own toil, 
Filled the sky with projectiles for the planet’s oil, 
Tore open the gift of nature, and claimed to be ‘royal’,
Then criticized if one fails to conform to the common hoyle, 
Loyal to work that is considered vile, 
To buy things that are obsolete, and not worthwhile, 
In the wilderness of the supermarket aisles, 
Where sales are stalked upon like prey & hostiles, 
A pay cheque sought upon like water from the Nile, 
Tribe Phyle now adapted to a nine-to-five life style,

A corporate life, an ape in a suit and tie, 
puts himself in a coma from the morning to five, strives to fulfill

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