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A man said to The Universe: "Ma'am, I exist!" "However," replied The Universe, "That fact has not created in Me A sense of obligation." So the man told The Universe, "Oh, the point, you've missed!" "Oh? Tell Me," chuckled The Universe, "What, that I cannot, do you now see? Go back, boy, to your station." The man rebuked The Universe; "Oh God, please desist!" "Stop what, boy?" decried The Universe, "Wherefore should I follow your decree? Tame this ego-inflation!" Then The Man struck The Universe! "Oh God, taste My fist! I am no slave to The Universe; You are My God; I created Thee! I resist subjugation!" To The Man said The Universe: "My heart, You have kissed!" So The Man forgave The Universe, Who cried, "Now I know the path to be Mutual obligation!" And so The Man calmed down, and shook God's hand; "We are equals; I'm glad You understand."
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Feb 24
Feb 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC
A Man said to The Universe
A man said to The Universe: "Ma'am, I exist!" "However," replied The Universe, "That fact has not created in Me A sense of obligation." So the man told The Universe, "Oh, the point, you've missed!" "Oh? Tell Me," chuckled The Universe, "What, that I cannot, do you now see? Go back, boy, to your station." The man rebuked The Universe; "Oh God, please desist!" "Stop what, boy?" decried The Universe, "Wherefore should I follow your decree? Tame this ego-inflation!" Then The Man struck The Universe! "Oh God, taste My fist! I am no slave to The Universe; You are My God; I created Thee! I resist subjugation!" To The Man said The Universe: "My heart, You have kissed!" So The Man forgave The Universe, Who cried, "Now I know the path to be Mutual obligation!" And so The Man calmed down, and shook God's hand; "We are equals; I'm glad You understand."
In reference to Stephen Crane's "A man said to the universe", I disliked the simplicity and defeatism of it, so I put my own creative and probably blasphemous spin on it :3
#god#man#equals
Wolfnation4800
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17/M/Colorado
Feb 24
Feb 24, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC
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