The Lion-Man — 35,000 to 41,000 Years Ago
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When craft, religion, mind first made a part
Non-human man, part lion in a cave’s
Space, Ice Age times ago, this early art
Pronounced carved faith as if cathedral naves
Were prophesied. Religion made of tusk
Is mained religion, still, and still remains.
Much darker than an Ice Age dawn or dusk,
The element of shamanism stains
The doctrines in our arteries. Their blood
Contains the shaped creation of a brain
For hewing intuition as if thud
Of total art brings one long human chain.
The mammoth ivory and sculpting hands
Fulfill our worship longings, their demands.
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Horse Figurine One Inch by One Point Nine Inch, 32,000 to 35,000 Thousand Years Before Giacometti
A hallowed tiny horse, but missing legs,
