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Dark Meat & Naked Greed

The Obsidian Theater XII.

 

 

 

You’re all probably wondering why I asked you to come here this evening.

 

I do not plan to waste any of your time

 

Regardless if you feel that I do

 

Now

 

I’ll get to the point.

 

But

 

I’m afraid I don’t have one

 

And neither do you

 

Or you

Or you

Or even you

 

I once spoke to a lopsided journalist who understood what I meant

He once sat where you were sitting and spoke to me in such unique lubricities

I couldn’t help but ponder his underlying tone of voice

A hidden message gargled beneath his throat.

Past the teeth and gums

Sliding down his esophagus and into his stomach

Of voyage of crude judgment on my part

 

Again

I still haven’t made my point.

But then as I recollect what we’ve just discussed

The point was made

Regardless of what you think

For what I say

 

Are we confused?

You should be

Because it’s really quite simple

 

The amount of time you took to read this nonsense is equivalent to the deaths of a handful of people.

 

Now that’s a lot to think about

But in return many newborns have arrived on this plane of existence

Ready to be embraced by chains and strife

 

Regardless…

 

Of where they are

Who they are

 

No one is born free

 

We’re all fooled into accepting these rights, or extended privileges

All false

 

Everything has been orchestrated and arranged to keep your mind in check

 

How does it feel to be another chuck of human cattle?

 

 

Humans are mostly made up of Dark meat

 

 

Billions of people have lived and died

 

Yet

 

We don’t know them

 

We don’t remember them

 

Because of how insignificant their impact was

 

We only remember a small percentage

 

A fraction

 

Because of what they did

 

Writers

 

Leaders

 

Religious figures

 

Inventors

 

Artists

 

Heroes

 

Lunatics

 

Monsters

 

Conspirators

 

Musicians

 

Rock stars

 

Bestsellers

 

Celebrities

 

Murderers

 

Rapists

 

Hunters

 

traitors

 

Predators

 

Assassins

 

And their prey

 

We don’t remember the normal people

 

Why should we?

 

 

It will take on average three generations to forget you after your death.

All that will be left will be a grave and a tombstone

If you’re lucky

 

Everyone who would’ve known you

Will be dead with you.

 

Does this depress you?

 

Does this make sense?

 

Do you know what I’m talking about?

Did you hear what I said?

 

Check your ears because no one said a word.

 

Did you see what I did there?

Check your vision because I didn’t show you anything.

 

 

Nobody will

Show you

The truth

You must search for it

 

And accept the opaque mucus of circuitry and metal

Interwoven through our biological makeup

And

Hardened flesh

 

Resilient to innocence

But

Empowered by lost negligence

 

****** into the illusory overindulgence of ignorance,

Racial profiling

Ethnic intolerance

Class segregation

Wars of Naked greed

Pursuits of justifiable genocide and wrath

Condemned and institutionalized by denominations of Christians

Muslims and non-believers

Who claim to act in the will of God

Or the moral benefactor

Of the meat grinder that is

 

Modern civilization.

 

All points made and

Explanations aside

 

I’m glad I wasted your time

 

Regardless of what you think

And

What I say or do

 

I’m glad you came by

I wonder how many people died while you read this…

How many were born?

 

It doesn’t matter I guess

Only a few will care or remember

The same goes for you

Unless you make enough of a significant mark on the world

 

The same goes for me.

 

Will God still exist when all the people are gone?

 

Without humans, there will be no religion

And no war

 

So where will God be in all this?

 

Maybe having that knowledge was part of the plan.

 

Who knows…

 

Either way, God made a point.

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trevor-gates
26 / M / American
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Jul 1, 2013
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Thank you. You can turn in your notes by Friday. You can submit your question to Tyler Durden in room 099 on Paper Street. I’d like to thank the faculty for arranging this conference. I’d also like to mention the little guys who helped organized this: Flying Teapots, Edith Piaf, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Nancy Sinatra, Jeff Beck, Interview Magazine, Starbucks, Smart Water, mechanical pencils, Terrance Stamp, Spike Lee, Rooney Mara, wax paper, coco jelly beans and of course King Candy.

Until next time.

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