I Don't Know
We don’t have to know everything about the sun and moon because it leads to the desire to change them, instead of concentrating on basic life. That is how we scarred the environment which resulted in climate change and kids wearing masks.
We don’t have to know how two birds fall in love from two million of the same species. Falling in love is a Hollywood phrase that often results in women’s degradation and murder. I’m using it for lack of a better word. I assume birds fall in love because they gather twigs and make a home, a nest.
We don’t have to know how lions fall in love. It’s enough that we see a lion family, lounging on the grass, contemplating how to attack the ambitious photographer. There’s a she lion and he lion. How does the man know he’s the father? We don’t have to know.
We don’t have to know why a snake crawls because it will lead to the attempt to give it fake legs. We don’t have to know why a leopard has spots because a multinational company that pays workers below the minimum wage, might want to make the spots multi-colored, like a box of M&M’s.
We don’t have to know everything because it leads to planet destruction: cut down trees and commission art installations. We don’t have to know why people who live in certain islands don’t wear upper body clothes.
This leads to judgement calls. Europe and America then donates used clothes full of bed bugs to such communities, while we admire celebrities that expose their chests in red carpet events.
We don’t have to know everything.
By: Nonqaba waka Msimang.
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