NJP+M.+Bennett+Hooper

=Higher Purpose=

If you were looking for a summarization of all the things humanity DIDN'T want to be known for, then this is the poem for you. It is basicall a slight about the epic FAILURE that is mankind. In our history, we have made many horrible mistakes; equal to the amount of vile crimes we committed with the intent- "We are mankind, the most feared and predictable mammals on earth. And yet survive momentarily our mortality because of our love and creation of technology, idolatry, vanity and blindness." I could name 20 things off the top of my head that the world would be better without, that are soley the fault of mankind; and I'm pretty sure you could too. The point of all that is that there is a lot of truth in what the writer is saying, despite its crude presentation. The "higher purpose" of this poem, however, I think is not to slander humanity, but give it a solid wake-up call. In order to know what we need to fix, we need to realize what were doing wrong.