Einstein in a Cave

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"at last"! exclaims the man    
laying down his stone tools    
marveling at the brilliance of the message    
"hey gramps, stop wasting time and come aid the hunt"    
the man just shakes his head    
people are too blind to see    
but the message will remain and be a guide to others    
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Immortalized forever and carved in stone    
"e = mc2"      
so few words for people to understand    
certainly no one in his tribe    
as he shakes his head in wonder    
"we won't live in caves forever"    
"one day we will visit the goddess of the moon      
and learn the secrets of the tides"    
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the man is pleased with what he's craved      
using hardened bone to slowly chip the rock away      
he thinks 'tomorrow I will hunt'    
believing that will be fun    
the day dawns red, harbinger of omens and despair    
"omens, when will these children learn"      
the man says as he ventures from the cave    
     
tribesmen carry him back      
on a stretcher made of hunting spears and grass    
gored by the horns of the one he hunted    
the medicine man shakes his rattle and prays    
the man is close to death yet knows his work will live on    
looking up to see his message one last time    
but it has been replaced by a carved hunting scene    
"wait" the man tries to speak, to rise      
"wait" is whispered one last time before he closes his eyes