Poems and Thoughts    by Frank Maurer

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Orientation to Our World. Humans always knew that which was around them: Plants for food and medicines, Creatures from termites to antelope for nutrition, Poisonous species from both Kingdoms, And perfect orientation to travel here and there. In the Kalahari I saw all of this manifested-- A Bushman (now better called San, Khwe, Basarwa, Khoisan) Even guided us for many miles, Through the 'featureless' bush, compass in his head, To a single cave (Drotsky's) which we wished to study. Today our youth devour fatty, sugar-laden junk food, And have no idea of what they have passed, Using the mindless, electronic GPS which, If the system were to fail, they would be utterly lost. Frank Maurer 24 December 2023 1525 Hours.