Hypocrisy Drives Every Living Cell

Humans, globally,
Cross-culturally,
With few if any
Exceptions, obsess
Over what is fair.

Unfortunately,
Everyone’s fairness
Is slightly unfair
To everyone else—
It’s fair if you win,

If you thrive, if your
Kind of people, your
Kin, do a little
Bit better than them,
Unfair if they win.

Without that bias,
What a level world
Human obsession
With fairness would make—
Fair rules, fairly played.

Life, however, hates
Level play. Life loves
Thermodynamic
Cascades, unfairness
Humans can’t escape.