{"id":4635,"date":"2023-10-14T05:19:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T09:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=4635"},"modified":"2023-10-13T12:28:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T16:28:42","slug":"poem-blessed-be-our-creator-not-theres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/14\/poem-blessed-be-our-creator-not-theres\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Blessed Be Our Creator (Not There\u2019s)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In times of war or national revenge, demonization of one’s foes is standard operating procedure, necessary for justifying mass killing and destruction of civilian infrastructure, let alone civilians. This hole affair is all the more disgusting when it is dressed up in a patina of morality or religious righteousness. I have never been a fan of apologetics for so-called necessary evil. Thus, this poem.<\/p>\n

Blessed Be Our Creator (Not There\u2019s)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Prone to be boxed in
\nWe had
\nDemagoguery
\nLord it over
\nThe devil\u2019s made me
\nDue it
\nIn this pissing match
\nKnow longer
\nHalving moral judgment
\nLike a King Solomon baby
\nOr some upstanding whiz kid
\nSo proudly beyond knows pick
\nA weaner of some sort of Darwin ward
\nOr mirrorly
\nA blooming soldier of fortune
\nForging
\nHire conscience
\nPassing out
\nFree wills
\nTo awe those who don\u2019t need
\nThat is, unnatural selection
\nAnd there is
\nNo other
\nWeigh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In times of war or national revenge, demonization of one’s foes is standard operating procedure, necessary for justifying mass killing and destruction of civilian infrastructure, let alone civilians. 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