{"sf1_id":346530,"sf2_id":"zeR7JGgm","title":"Being Human","author":"Shinetroll","words":228,"posted_at":"2012-02-26T04:25:00.000Z","tags":["Human","Nature","Poem","Poetry","Science","Searching","animal","mistake"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/346530-being-human","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/zeR7JGgm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/dd/88/dd8864ce-f112-4bfe-8ab5-c2297b879f63","description":"#1 of old poems\n\nI wrote a sestina about the evolution of humans into furries. Yay, me! :3","content":"You are a human,\n\nrelying on science,\n\nmaking every mistake.\n\nYou envy every animal\n\nfor its lovely fur,\n\nand inside you are searching.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nBeasts are always searching,\n\nbut they are not human.\n\nThey scratch at their fur\n\nand ignore your stupid science.\n\nYou are just another animal\n\nmaking another mistake.\n\nTo humans' fault, our worst mistake\n\nis that we're busy searching,\n\nso they forget that we're an animal,\n\nand you forget that you're human.\n\nYou take no heed to your science\n\nas you shave off all your fur.\n\nYou think the only difference is the fur,\n\nbut that is your mistake.\n\nThe truth is there's no more science\n\nthat could end their constant searching,\n\nbecause they are flawed and human,\n\nand you are becoming an animal.\n\nWhy don't you believe you're an animal\n\nas you step into your fur?\n\nDo you think that being human is jut a big mistake?\n\nStop your stupid searching, and just listen to the science!\n\nGod created science\n\nand designed every animal:\n\nthere's the answer to your searching.\n\nAnd we proudly wear our fur,\n\nbelieving this is no mistake!\n\nAnd we are only human.\n\nThis animal is not the only one that uses science;\n\nwe are all searching for a way to fix every mistake.\n\nBut I'm still dancing in my fur and waiting for you to admit that you are human.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"old poems","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/326544-hyenidae.json"}}