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Dragon & Fairy In Poetry

THE ORIGIN OF UMANKIND

I am from Vietnam
Of a superhuman race as they used to embalm
Of whom the ancestors as history would record – How
merry!
Were son of the Dragon and grandson of the Fairy.

But the Fairy to Emperor De-Minh got married
And the Dragon to King Kinh-Duong, likewise, none
varied.
That’s both Fairy and Dragon became wives of men
And the lineage only descends from males then.
Therefore, for the nation human beings have been the
base;
That’s exactly our Vietnamese race.

Nowadays, science has strengthened our belief
Of humankind in Charles Darwin’s theory brought into
relief:
They found ancestors of many many million years ago,
As primates, on branches, in caves, under water, to
grow;
To Africa, afterwards to Europe to become
Neanderthal men,
At the same time to become Denisovans back to Asia
then.
These days we can go to watch our primogenitor
“Lucy”
On exhibition in Houston and eleven other cities
choosy.

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