A deceptively simple question from Tirion. I’m afraid my answer may be somewhat misanthropic.
Some would say we’re clever monkeys
But I’d have to disagree:
Monkeys who destroy their jungles
Don’t seem bright at all to me.
Other monkeys have bananas
We have work and wars and guns.
Humans are a bunch of monkeys
But we’re not the clever ones.
Tom Juniper Poetry 