Friday, June 21, 2019

№ 622: Let By God Be Bye God (a solution)

Krypton Finite, June 20

God is not omniscient
nor even proficient.
I suspect
Dunning-Kruger Effect.

They say God made the world — 
which is (I guess) possible — 
then took the position
of not being responsible
for all of the bother
and all of the fuss,
so all of the messes
are down to us?

A weak alibi.
Not even pig swill.
I mean, after all,
who gave us “free will”?
And if it's “free will”
that makes things go rotten
I'm sure we agree
we're misbegotten
and that our maker,
who I needn't name,
is a ball breaker 
and solely to blame.

“True believers”
do not have the guts
to look God in the eye
saying, “Listen, you putz.
WTF were you thinking,
you egomaniac,
with this idiotic
universe hack,
where in order to live
you have to kill.
(Is that the way
you get your thrills  —
making all things compete
to breed and eat?)

“And, pardon me,
herbivores are no exception,
since plants also demonstrate
some sort of perception
and a sort of will
for they, too, kill
with alacrity
and seeming impunity
given the time
and opportunity.

“In the beginning
when it was just you —
endless time on on your hands
with nothing to do,
did you think to yourself,
‘Why does nothing adore me?
Why not create creatures
who'll grovel before me?’

“Or did you do
everything only
because you were alone
and feeling lonely,
wanting a friend —
or something like that?
Maybe next time,
just get a cat?”