Father, mother, sister, brother

 Prized and protected above any other;

We love and defend the familiar face

And that applies to the familiar race.

Nature sees the strategem

Of species consorting and preserving them

That share the traits that keep them safe

Against the dangers that would chafe

Against their futures and their aims

Their achievements and assorted claims.

Life speculates to accumulate

That will always be its fate

And when it looms to do its worst

We turn to those we value first.

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