“There was a break in equilibrium
’tween will to live and willingness to breed
when women figured out whence babies come.
They saw a sign that said ‘Reduce your seed’.
“Self-interest began then to conflict
with that of our creators. One would think
that natural selection would have picked
a brain incapable of such a link.
“But if a woman, knowing this much, could
be taught she ought to make the sacrifice,
she’d have more children than her neighbors would
and pass the lesson to her kids. How nice.”
©2013 Louis A. Merrimac
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