Dear Humans…

Dear Humans…
Dear Humans, I know you care deep down
All of your anger and all your protests
Tell me just how far you have come around

Dear Humans, I know you need some relief
All of the troubles and all your problems
Stem from the same misplaced, ill-begotten belief

Dear Humans, I know you want to belong
Even though you shit all over yourselves
You still have the chance to right this wrong

Dear Humans, I know you have the will to do
Even as the bodies add up in piles
You still cling to a lie and you claim that it’s true

Thoughts and prayers
Never again
So sick and tired
Of the same refrain
The clichéd platitudes
Send my condolences
But does it change anything

Hugs and kisses
Get better
So sick and tired
Of the same old words
The dishonest well-wishers
And all of their crocodile tears
Are no better than gems on swords

There’s no problem
You just want freedom
The right to carry
And the right to choose
But the death toll
Only grows greater
And it’s not like it’s up to you
To bury the bodies
Or say the farewells
You just play the game
And you roll the dice
Sign your name
Propose the measure
What it reaps
Well, oh come now, never mind

Dear Humans, I know you don’t want to die
But I’ve watched you from above now
In my kingdom of the clouds up in the sky

Dear Humans, I know that you are all sorry
For all the wicked things that you do
Now the time has come for your apology

Dear Humans, I know that redemption is here
So say your farewells, your “I love yous”
Because I am going to shed this, my final tear

Then comes judgement
Death is my mercy
I forgive you all for this
For your murders, your policies
Broken promises, drones of death
Burnt forests without life left
This is your legacy

Then comes annihilation
Pain is your purity
I can absolve you of your sins
For your selfishness, your greed
Rebuilt palaces, banks overflowing
Homeless bodies litter the street
This is your litany

There’s no problem
You just want money
The right to earn
And the right to take
What you deserve
Is always growing
And it’s not as if you don’t
Ever give a little back
Or smile for the camera
You just play the game
And you roll the dice
Put your name up
In big, bold letters
What you build
Will come to ruin;  all falls apart in time

With these words, I condemn
With these words, I liberate
All of you Humans
From the Earth
The stain that I made
Upon Creation
My greatest folly
My greatest mistake
I now correct with annihilation
For you there is no time left
There is no need for worry
No need for panic or dread
I will reset the whole world
I’ll wipe the slate clean
Sincerely, your God

Isn’t it funny how the people that cling to apocalyptic faith fulfill their own prophecies right up until the point of the great disappointment?  It becomes tiresome seeing the same adherents to so-called Christianity commit the same sins of greed and judgement that their Christ had warned them about.  They speak of all these dangers to the mortal soul and then embrace them.  I often wonder, with my characteristic pessimism, if it’s not all some innate predisposition towards self-destruction.  I truly am beginning to accept that the same people who hold high this prophet of peace, love, and understanding, that they ultimately do so only to hold themselves up in his celebrated company and to feel chosen, to feel special and sanctified despite their own sins and their own guilt.  When I look at our president, and by “our president” I claim no ownership of his presidency and no allegiance to his constituents, all I see is a man so in awe of himself that he will destroy the country and then use its blood and ashes to polish his golden palace.  How anyone who rejects worldliness, greed, lust, or ambition can place that man on a pedestal, coming from a religion that also reject idolatry, is beyond comprehension;  it’s appalling and repugnant.

America, We Need to Talk… About the Rise of American Fascism

In November of 1918, Germany reacted to its corrupt and inept monarchy, and the November Revolution engulfed the country.  The result was the 1919 formation of the Weimar Republic which saw a level of social liberation, sexual and racial tolerance, and artistic innovation hitherto unseen in Europe since the Enlightenment.  However, the sudden change in sociopolitical attitudes also saw an increase in conservative reactionism, and their culprit was the Jew, the homosexual, the immigrant.  Modern art, particularly the arts common among Jewish intellectuals, socialists and communists, and secular free-thinkers that challenged traditional notions of class and gender, were deemed degenerate art.  People were banned from commerce based upon their religion and race.  They were forcibly removed from their places of employment and residence.  This conservative scapegoating of minorities reached its apex in 1933 when the far-right Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei rose to power through elections and established Germany as a fascist state under the Nazis.  This culminated in the Final Solution, begun only eight years after their being elected to power, the Nazi’s organized genocidal effort to imprison and exterminate anyone that they saw as “undesirable” or “degenerate”, leading to the deaths of an estimated 60 million in war and an estimated 17 million in the Holocaust.

Right now, a decade after the election of Barack Obama, America’s first black president, three years after the national legalization of same-sex marriage, almost 80 years after the commencement of WWII, and 100 years after the November Revolution, we are witnessing the rise of an authoritarian oligarchy lead by Donald Trump and his contingents.  This is evidenced by the xenophobic, homophobic, and misogynistic attitudes that are growing in prevalence.  It is evidenced by the militarization of the police, the dehumanization of minorities, the vilification of those living in poverty, and by the reestablishment of rigid gender roles and restrictions placed on consensual sexual conduct.  The value placed on human life has become depreciative.  This is in no way dissimilar to the effects of conservative reactionism in Europe.  We are witnessing the birth of American Fascism happen all around us right now, and if you value diversity, if you value human rights, if you value individual freedoms or collective cooperation, then I urge you to take a stand against this.  We cannot allow this presidency to reach its term.  We cannot allow for the birth of American Fascism.  This administration must be aborted, and its ideology must be cast down into the pit of corruption, ineptitude, and inequality.  If we do nothing, if we simply stand by and criticize and complain and talk amongst ourselves in hushed, indignant tones, or if we merely stand up and march and make noise and express our vehement outrage, the machinations of fascism will continue to whir and turn.  The machine must be dismantled and its parts disposed of with haste.