Something Distinct And Challenging, All On Its OwnA Story by Philip GaberSo now they’re
all holding rallies, thinking they’re going to be the ones to set this country
on fire again. But who’s kidding whom? What do they really want? What does
anybody really want? Love?
Sex? Respect? Money?
Power? Egos stroked until their ids come all over their superegos? It’s a simple question. Costs a hell of a lot
more than $64,000 these days, but I think you’ll find the answer is reasonably
priced. In fact, it might even be on sale. For the right asking price. Just
call up your friendly neighborhood lobbyist; they’re the ones hanging out in
the lobby of the Ritz Carlton reading the Financial Times and having green tea
and pastries. And then the
scene suddenly dissolves. But where are the network cameras? Out of focus
again. But if you squint real hard you can see where the unemployment lines
meet the coke lines and then you can watch them go to the after party with the
thugs who can’t be identified
in a lineup because they have diplomatic immunity. Where is
America? Where is Miss America? Being raped by Captain America, of course. And once again
our judicial system has turned a blind eye to Lady Justice, who’s grown tired
of being in the dark and has removed her blindfold and replaced it with shades
of gray. All those
cancerous witches and warlocks pretending to race for the cure by filling out
their pledge forms; but they don’t want to cure this disease. They want the
disease to spread. They want to
create a pandemic that is voter-resistant. What rhetoric! What spin! What a
disenchanted forest we’ve wandered into again. Waiting for
Supermen like Zuckerberg and Gates to be the saviors of our public schools
because all those demagogic demigods on our school boards are more concerned
with rewriting the history of the world by filling our children’s textbooks
with ideological battles between Darwin and Christ. “And, by the
way, where is Christ in all this?” says the Atheist to the Evangelical. “Living in
you,” says the Evangelical. “No, He’s not,”
says the Atheist. “He’s with all those other ubermensches who always seem to be
reaching toward thrilling ideas only to suddenly abandon them.” And ’round and
’round the burning bush they go and where they stop, nobody knows; not even the
shadow government knows what evil lurks inside the hearts and minds of the men
and women of the Mad Tea Party who insist on seizing upon our differences and
apprehensions rather than trying to grasp the reasons why the merry-go-round
has collapsed mid-season. © 2024 Philip Gaber |
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Added on May 28, 2024 Last Updated on May 28, 2024 AuthorPhilip GaberCharlotte, NCAboutI hate writing biographies. I was one of those kids who rode a banana seat bike and watched Saturday morning cartoons and Soul Train. But my mother would never buy any of those sugary cereals for us k.. more..Writing
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