known quietly to themselves
they knit the universe together
linked by the gift of their minds
progressing
each step added
to a deep core of knowledge
secreted in genes
unspoken inherited understanding
individual wisdoms
insure solitary thought
survival on a wandering sphere
composed of multifold tribes
thereon
not merely following by habit
but to confront
to express alternate views
displacing intractable assumptions
moving others to more
perfect paradigms
cultures are not meant to be
dead steel
with barriers
and compartments
rather
they are liquid
