The Portent of Choice

A.I. is on the rise

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Blockbuster propaganda franchises push patriotism to

complacent consumers despite the haggard state of

democracy. Demons are in the pentagon, pretending to be Christians

Erasmus would be dismayed. Everyone is at odds

Foreigners, colonists, indiginous, slaves, tyrants, scientists, zionists, priests

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Gee. What will we do?

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How long does it take for a nation to spiral

into radical ideologies that warp sympathetic eyes into

jeers of derision, juries not of peers but protagonists, and

kangaroo courts that crack their gavels over paradoxes

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Legislators don’t understand—the billionaires are leaving earth

Miasmas swirl above the urban sprawl

Neon signs and bilboards lure upstarts apart from each

other, tricking them into in squalor

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People betray themselves

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Quantum physicists

reveal truths we unwrap our minds around

Sometimes I wonder if I could’ve

taken another route—been someone else—but choices can't be

undone so don't waste thought on dreams and

vendettas. Dead ass.

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Write the story of your life with your will. Don't be a

xerox copy, a nondescript soul absorbed by scrolling.

You're blocked. Open your mind, find your

zen in the moment. It’s time.