south african haibun 1

in certain western takes on sumerian mythology, the anunnaki took a primate they found in ancient africa,
mixed their dna with its, and created a worker called an 'adam' to mine gold for them. the judeo-christian
creation story speaks of man being a clay vessel containing yahweh's divine breath and science seems to
trace our first ancestors to the african continent.

a certain sense of...
reterning to the cradle;
touchdown: africa