you say the word human to me and I think about all the things I've learned studying psychology

I think about Milgram saying humans will kill each other just because they are told to
and the grief of having to hold that knowledge within me
knowing that I would kill you if the situation was right
knowing that you would kill me too

I think about the argument in my textbook of the evil person Vs the evil situation
and the inevitable conclusion that someone had to make the evil situation first
someone had to create the idea of hell and then make up the devil to brainwash us into thinking it wasn't earth

I think about other things I've learnt

the fact that humans are one of the only animals which use smiling as a greeting
rather than seeing bared teeth as a threat
and I can't help but wonder how many children grow up thinking the world wants to eat them alive
and whether we ever unlearn that fear
because our teeth are so sharp that the first thing they do, even as children, is cut through flesh with no regard for the fact that it is their own

you say the word human and I wonder what it stands for

I think about fingers and...