The Apes of Eden - The Antiquities by Jon P. Gunn (books to read in your 20s .txt) ๐
I'm kinda glad you got us in this fix--
you never let me do my magic tricks.
In the year 19067, a tribe of killer apes leaves Eden in search of God. They face evil creatures from Hell and Heaven alike. ย The story is told in the words of Literate Louie, the Scribe of the Tribe.
A tribe of killer apes living an idyllic life in the Garden of Eden begins aย monumental quest to search the post-apocalyptic Earth in search of God. ย The Journey Begins is the first of a trilogy. ย The Apes of Eden is written in iambic pentameter. ย It is a humorous look at religion and philosophy through the eyes of an intelligent ape.
The Apes of Eden is written in rhymed iambic pentameter thus falling into the category called heroic couplets. Each line has 10 syllables and the pairs of lines rhyme.
While many lines were written in 10 syllables in very early Latin, it was Geoffrey Chaucer who added the meter and originated iambic pentameter in the English Language which was further immortalized in many plays and sonnets of William Shakespeare.ย
Jon P. Gunn wrote The Apes of Eden over a period of many, many years beginning as a teenager. He read Spenser, Chaucer, Dante and Cervantes. ย Many oddball philosophies, from solopsism to deism are explored and mocked. Allusions to a broad spectrum of myths and canons are made.
Jon never graduated from college even though he had twice the number of hours to graduate. He was too busy reading the great works of literature to bother. He shared his work with a friend. It is that man and his friend, Rick Lakin who are bringing you Jonโs work. We think itโs very good. We hope you do too.
The Apes of Eden is written in Rhymed Iambic Pentameter thus falling into the category called Heroic Couplets. Each line has 10 syllables and the pairs of lines rhyme.
While many lines were written in 10 syllables in very early Latin, it was Geoffrey Chaucer who added the meter and originated iambic pentameter in the English Language which was further immortalized in many plays and sonnets of William Shakespeare.
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a missing page in tribal history.
The "War in Heaven" is a common theme
in ancient lore--so common, it would seem,
that writers who refer to it suppose
it is a story everybody knows,
which needn't be repeated. Since they fail
to give the Plot, or even much detail,
itโs hard to build a narrative around
the mere allusions, which are all Iโve found.
The War occurred; of that thereโs little doubt,
since apes cannot be brusquely ordered out.
Apparently the Tribe was put to flight,
but surely not without a brutal fight.
A third, still stranger, theory says we came
from human beings. That oneโs rather lame!
No ape with half his wits about him can
believe we Higher Apes evolved from Man--
the lowest of the primates, mere cartoons,
the moral peers of mandrills or baboons!
And yet this superstition still persists
among small cliques of crypo-atheists,
who flaunt their right to "freedom of belief"
with grudging toleration by our Chief.
Some ancient scribes, rejecting "theory," say
weโve always been as we exist today;
we neither dropped from Heaven nor arose
"by evolution" from our racial foes.
That open-ended past I canโt conceive,
nor do I know which theories to believe.
I only know that Eden, lush and fair,
exists, and we originated there.
How else can one explain how "Eden" came
to be our own distinctive tribal name?
From most surviving records, it appears
we stayed in Eden twenty million years--
but some say twenty billion. Others give
a shorter span. I canโt be positive
when scribal records handed down to me
are mistransmitted so creatively.
We lived a tranquil and idyllic life
unmarred by hardships, danger, toil and strife.
In Eden every fruit this planet knew,
and every flower, in profusion grew.
The lotus blossoms, amaranths* and palms
enriched the zephers with their fragrant balms,
and rainbow-colored lovebirds trilled among
the vines, where grapes the size of melons hung.
The very weeds were elegantly decked
with breeds of flowers one would least expect.
We gorged on fruits, fresh-ripened every day
for our convenience, in profuse array.
Among the shady fronds we took our ease,
or chased each other up and down the trees,
or polished up our acrobatic stunts
on boughs that bore a dozen fruits at once,
dislodging pears on one anotherโs head
and seeing mangoes ripen in their stead--
or any crop that met the momentโs needs.
We pelted passersby with rinds and seeds.
We made up games, then freely changed the rules.
We grinned at our reflections in the pools.
Uncounted generations came and went
before we tired of ease and merriment.
In autumn of our twenty millionth year
some Mental Ferment started to appear.
A wise old ape, with fur of iron-gray,
would circulate among us, day by day,
persuading us that Eden could not be
unless created by a Deity.
He thought a cosmos ruled by natural laws
in order to exist, must have a Cause.
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ImprintPublication Date: 02-05-2014
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Dedication:
To my friend Kent who shares my legacy
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