February 17-B, 2023

All this striving to get,
to have,
to do,
to be!

There is nothing like it anywhere
in the world of nature.

We want things we have no business having.
That makes us like the dragons of lore,
collecting and hording treasures
of gold and silver,
diamonds and pearls,
sapphire and jade...
Things they have absolutely no use for,
guarding it fiercely,
adding more.

Dragons are not natural beasts.
We reject the natural world
and assert our rights
to have what we want
no matter what.

We are living our way into the reality
of what that means.

Endeavoring to have what we want
is killing us
and destroying the planet.

We believe the God of the Machine
will deliver us in the end,
and heaven will be where all our dreams come true.

Grown up, immature people believe this.
"Live like you want to and get it all when you die!"

This is the religion of the masses in 2023.

Don't take their Kodachrome away.
All this striving to get,
to have,
to do,
to be!

There is nothing like it anywhere
in the world of nature.

We want things we have no business having.
That makes us like the dragons of lore,
collecting and hording treasures
of gold and silver,
diamonds and pearls,
sapphire and jade...
Things they have absolutely no use for,
guarding it fiercely,
adding more.

Dragons are not natural beasts.
We reject the natural world
and assert our rights
to have what we want
no matter what.

We are living our way into the reality
of what that means.

Endeavoring to have what we want
is killing us
and destroying the planet.

We believe the God of the Machine
will deliver us in the end,
and heaven will be where all our dreams come true.

Grown up, immature people believe this.
"Live like you want to and get it all when you die!"

This is the religion of the masses in 2023.

Don't take their Kodachrome away.
It is all they have.

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