№ 702: The Creator's Confession (God damns it)

Genesis 6:6 New International Version (NIV)
The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.

INFINITE (October 10)

I AM YOUR GOD.

BUT. . .let me be clear,

you human beings

were my worst idea.

What was I thinking when I set things in motion?

I only wanted 24/7, unending devotion.
NOT all this dam-ned meshuga commotion.

Before begetting you damned H. Saps.,

I shudda called the world off, perhaps?

All you people do is kill one another.

Where did that come from? Was it my mother?

(Ah, ma mère.
Mere thought of her induces paralysis.
Even now, after years in analysis.)

Looking back now, you know what I wish?

I wish Mom got me a couple a' goldfish,

who'd peacefully swim around and around,

smacking their lips, never making a sound.

(Me damn it! I Googled. And Geez-Louise.

Goldfish lip smacking might mean they're diseased!

I never get anything right.
Were I not “Almighty”,
I might be contrite.
This whole schmegegge
ain't what I “planned”.
All I can say is,
“Well, I'll be damned.”)

№ 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?”

№ 529.2: EXTRA! What A Worthless Jerk Is Man

Politicians are complicit in the killing of our insects – we will be next

Insects are essential for the proper functioning of all ecosystems. If policymakers don’t act now, we’re all in trouble

Young mountain lion shot and killed by Napa homeowner days after it’s collared for study (Paywall)

Investigators with the state department determined the killing was justified, spokesman Peter Tira said Tuesday.

We kill bugs

and mountain lions.

If we leave somethin livin'. . .

don't mean we ain't tryin'

to claim dominion

just like it says 
in Genesis.

Wanna see elephants,

whales, eagles, pandas?

Watch YouTube clips 

on your shoreline veranda,

which once was well inland

but with seas rising

a Tennessee seashore

ain't that surprising.

Anyways, even it there's really a problem,

it's good exercise – tryin' to solve 'em.

We are advanced – some say evolved*.

There is no problem that we can not solve

while making us powerful

and even more rich –

even if there's

an occasional glitch,

a minor setback,

like something which

will make us sit back

maybe say, “Sonufabitch!”

Coda:

We, H. Saps., think always,

“We have the answer.”

When, truth to tell,

we are a cancer

metastasizing, moving “ahead”

until at long last everything's dead.

Call it Creation. Or evolution.

We ourselves are THE FINAL SOLUTION.

_____________

*Not, however in Tennessee. See The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. 

№ 351: Evolution, Creation (Whatever)

Has civilization undone the bit
where evolution favors the fit

and gifted us with a surfeit nitwits?
What ever happened to natural selection?
Shouldn't it head in the other direction?

BUT, if everything's down to creation,
perhaps the creator needs a vacation
or, worse, took up the wrong occupation,
for which, sadly, he's badly equipped
and daily requires reassurance and worship.

Or is LIFE more luck of the draw,

depending entirely on who draws which straw?

IT is what it is. For better. For worse.

Each of us lives in his own universe.

Which explains everything, finely and clearly:

You tell me your TRUTH, I say, “Oh! Really?”