PROLOGUE
Over centuries and millennia
That humanity has survived,
Aside from eating, drinking
Sleeping and reproducing,
Humans have also created
Cakes, crafts, music and magic,
Poems, paintings, drama and dance,
Religions and oh, so much more.
I wish to recall in these pages
Some of the legacies of those no more.
While remembering them I hope to take
My unhappy mind away
From the horrors and hate,
The wars and crimes,
The pollution and politics
