It was not enough that food aplenty was within Man’s....

“ It was not enough that food aplenty was within Man’s grasp: he wanted more.It was not enough that prey surrendered themselves to Man according to the natural order: Man wanted to cook his prey. Man had discovered fire when lightning stuck and set a tree or two alight, but he was clumsy and greedy and stupid and could not keep the flame alive ”

David Bowles

From : Along the River: An Anthology of Voices from the Rio Grande Valley