By the General Name of Tradition

Or delivery, culture
By any name’s dangerous
As well as empowering—

It’s the living rocket fuel,
Making mitochondria
Of individuals locked

In social cells, small engines
To produce the energy
Populations use to move

Faster. Small wonder then, soon
Multipopulation states
Evolved and started hunting

Each other. Hotter. Hotter.
Who knows where tradition leads,
Except to revolution?