Training

My sister has a philosophy,
which I have a little trouble with,
but which I think
I should put into my own words
so that we might feel better,
so people are like animals,
and you know
we do have brains
which are part
reptilian and part mammalian,
and we do
belong to the animal kingdom,
so we train each other
to be good animals
who don't poop
in the house,
so it begins
with childhood
and such things
as toilet training,
and then in school,
it's the same thing,
and religion and work
and in personal relationships
and in all of life,
and the training
is simple
you get an A
for good behavior
and you flunk
for bad behavior.
Simple.