“Okay, it’s, uh, great to be here in New York. Um, I know that sounds phony ’cause every entertainer in the world comes out no matter where they are and they always go “HEY! IT’S REALLY GREAT TO BE HERE!”
And it really sounds fake. But, believe me,I am sincere when I say, “HEY! IT’S REALLY GREAT TO BE HERE!”
– Steve Martin
.
The only thing significant
About where you were born
Is that statistically it is
Within 50 miles of
Where you will die
Other than that it is
A geographical location
With a contrived name
Probably picked by
A cross-eyed map maker
Or, like the land
Stolen from
The indigenous culture
That was there first
Treating it with grace
For its sacredness
Still most people
Are “proud'” of where
They were born due to
An accident of birth
Or better / worse yet
Moved because of
Economic circumstances
Still it is a quick and easy
Pavlovian crowd pleaser
To mention the largest
“Hometown” name
Above the lost suburbs
To stir an emotional reaction
Of whoops hoots and hollers
Never wondering why
In the larger scheme of things
And I do mean larger
Such as if, intergalactic
Multidimensional travel
Was the norm
Beings would declare
They are earthlings
So why not now
Buddying up as one
Taking care of each
“Our” own kind
So why not now
Not those “alien”
Martian and Venusian’s
Who have somehow
Traversed through our
Atmospheric border
Conquering space
Asteroids fields
Gamma rays and comets
Seeking a better
Place to be
Because they too
Saw the beacon
Of liberty glowing
On the third
Rock from the sun
Who based on
Current experiences
Will want to call themselves
At the next
Out of this world
Cosmological rock concert
Or political rally
Earthlings
Then maybe we will
All just get along
Long enough
To share and develop
The technology
To keep out
Those pesky
Saturnian’s and Plutonian’s
.
Feel the sarcasm
Know the sarcasm
Be the sarcasm
.
“There’s no such thing as ‘We’re Americans.’ That’s just a bunch of bullshit to get you rooting for the home team. You’re not an American, you’re a guy, or a girl, or whatever.
Until the Mongols come over the hills swinging machetes, trying to take our fire-hazard underground comedy club away from us, then we all buddy up as one.
But those days are over, there’s no-one trying to take over America. We weren’t on the verge of speaking Iraqi.
As far as ‘America’ goes – there’s two countries in the world: Dick, and Not a Dick. The border goes all the way around.
Did you ever go to another country and meet another American when you didn’t expect to?
You always talk to them, just for the trivia. ‘Hey, you’re from America? I’m from America! Where you from?’
And it’s never more than three sentences before you realise, if I was in America, I wouldn’t talk to this d#&^%bag if my hair was on fire and he held a monopoly on liquid.
I’m an American? What does that mean? I’m no more an American than I’m an Aires or an uncle. It’s just something you called me when I showed up.”
– Doug Stanhope
Why do we ask why
There’s no answerable why
Yes I’m asking why
Our Irony
Making sense of the senseless
In this senseless world
“I’m an atheist.”
– David Cross
.
A declared atheist
Is a person
Who believes
In not believing
In an unbelievable
Person / entity
That has been
Conjured up
By collective
Beliefs
To satiate
A need to believe
.
“Now, believe is a word that I have a serious problem with, right, because it has a “Lie” in the middle.
.
“DNA” Descendant Now Ancestor
– John Trudell
.
Declaration of a deity
Either spoke or written
Is hardly proof
Of any existence
.
I would bet
In a pinch
That person
Would double
Pascal’s wager
To prove
They were wrong
.
“A lot of people don’t like to think that human beings came from monkeys, and it is usually for religious reasons.
You know, you talk to people and they are tell you they know, that they came from Jesus, they didn’t come from a monkey.
You’ve ever get in those conversations, where someone says they know.
NO? Bro, I know I came from Jesus BRO I know man, I came from Jesus BRO I came from Jesus, I didn’t come from a monkey.
“Ah, aren’t you like 30 ? “Hey, how do you know so much????…… there are dudes that have studied this for thousands of years? You got it wrapped up?
I don’t know if I came from a monkey or I came from Jesus, because I’m pretty fucking dumb and I’ve done no research whatsoever!
All right? But I’m honest! And you know what else I’ve done? I like to memorize shit that smart people have already figured out.
It is a huge time saver! and everybody should do it! Instead of saying you know, go and read some shit.
One if the things they figured out, is that they mapped out the human genome… whatever that #uck that means!
It is like the ingredient for people? or something, something? and what they found out was that people are 96% chimpanzee!
That’s a lot of monkey! I mean It is something even worth arguing? If I gave you a sandwich, which is 96% shit… and 4% ham, would you be willing to consider that ham sandwich?
WE ARE MONKEYS!!
It doesn’t mean there’s no god!
That’s where everybody gets crazy! It doesn’t mean everybody has an answer, or that you’re right! No one is saying there’s no god!
All I’m saying is maybe……God made a monkey, which doesn’t like to think it is a monkey and lies a lot!
Does that make sense?
That’s makes way more sense! That’s what we do!”
– Joe Rogan
It is not tragic
It’s systematic
.
Only gonna get worse
Till it fills the last hearse
.
Doing their president’s bidding
With a wink he’s only kidding
.
Of course its happened before
Blaming 45 doesn’t end the gore
.
Only shifts the responsibility
What is left of our humanity
.
Marching to a death cadence
Losing real self independence
.
All going to die anyway
Why not make it lead spray
.
Bullets are just another form
Bringing into play a new norm
.
Wonder why this is different
From an automobile accident
.
Just as many deaths occur
Check the statistics to be sure
.
One seems 2 B circumstantial fate
Other happens from learned hate
.
Both largely preventable
If we were only responsible
.
When someone’s loved one
Is randomly killed by a gun
.
That is the wrong target to blame
Instead of addressing the shame
.
In the way we treat each other
Over the issue of skin color
.
A thin layer of epidermis
Hardly worth dividing us
.
Won’t get any kind of relief
Until collective evolves its beliefs
.
Could so easily be undone
Knowing all have the same skeleton
.
To accept otherwise is naive
Viewed from the box in the grave
Fascism does not stem
From the will of the leader
It takes root in the righteous
Indignation of its base
Guided by misdirection
Self hate, empathetic lack
Projected onto a man
That embodies a reflection
Of fears to be faced
Racism to be erased
Of ignorance to be overcome
Misogyny to be undone
Ending xenophobia
In this bizarre dystopia
.
Inspired by the Audio book
“Fascism” (A Warning)
Madeline Albright
“Every word has power”
– John Trudell
.
Besides beer and wine
Words are my drug
Taken in large
Or small doses
Always mind altering
Context is the key
The dictionary
Is my main supplier
Merriam Webster
Is his / her name
With backups
Just in case
I need a quick fix
In the moment
That I’m at
A loss for words
Can not spell
Let alone pronounce
Either way
I can imbibe
All I want
Guaranteed
No hangover
Or detrimental
Side effects
Save being
Guilty of
Possession
With intent
To distribute
Occasionally
Mixed in with
Comas or
Question marks
A series of
Dot dot dot dots
For pause and
Effect / affect
Enhanced with
Exclamation points
To tweak
The experience or
Add a little flavor
Tilting at windmills
F that
I’m hallucinating
At illusions
