I Am

I am white

male

thin

adult

short-haired

dedicated

patient

introverted

calm

questioning

logical

orderly

food lazy

health lazy

loyal

communicative

detailed

generous

angry looking

cold in temperature

comedy loving

thoughtful

poor of smell, taste, and sight

good of hearing

bony

sleep deprived

honest

stubborn

soft voiced

unathletic

confident

average looking

soft footed

brown haired

puzzle loving

loving

thinking

feeling

fearing

human

The defining criterion we use to draw where one species ends and another begins is whether the two can reproduce.

But why draw anything? The inability to reproduce does not erase our shared traits.

Take away my final trait—human—and I could be any animal.

Would you exploit me?