Who am i?

Performance poem about evil. In order to Order society, creating a Devil is way more important than God

Who am i?

I’m a divisive figure - though that’s not my intention

Some people find me charismatic.  Others say odd.  Some’ll say … smart-arse prick

I live humbly   -   my trick is:  moderation in all things   -   including moderation*

I‘m possibly gay  -  but maybe not  -  i’m not homophobic, you can say that safely 

I’m famous for changing the way people think 

By: challenging foundations of faith 

Occasionally, i sink into extended states of meditation

 

The ruling class?  They lothe my fucking ass with a fury -  to:    the very roots of its soul 

Why?    Same ol reason for all weird overreachings:   insecurity  

In this case  (maybe all?): Fear of Free Speech  (FoFS)

Curiously, my goal was simply to:  Help.  Shed light … in the dark …   

On: (actual) Truth

Not mark myself as a target for:   Cultural Vilification … by: The State

Which is:  my current predicament.   Profiled as: 

a corrupter of youth

a dangerous-nut  

a threat to the public

The Devil incarnate

 

Already quite dire … right?   … meanwhile …. many of the onlookers have joined the pile on as well ! 

 

Have i brought this on myself a little bit?   I don’t know.  Not consciously.  Perhaps, later, a tad.  What’s the alternative, but?  Live with it?  Shut up?  I’ve never been much chop at that

 

As a consequence, next thing i know i’m a celebrity-criminal in a show-trial …

Accused of being:  an Evil Influence on Society   

By: Society’s Influencers.  (fast disclaimer voice) Guided by: vested financial interests.  Disguised as: The Greater Good

 

Anyways, I’ll bet ya can guess the rest  ….i’m found…. :  guilty 

Of impiety.  Against: The High & Mighty

Sentenced to:  death

To:  keep us:  safe

 

UPDATE:  Can still avoid this fate  …  in my last days   …   

Some friends have got:  a doable escape plan …

 

I … respectfully thank them, but … choose … :    not 

Not to be fuel in this silly game of Fat Cat & Mouse they’ve got us playing

Limited by what the gatekeepers  allow us 

It’s a game we can can never win

It’s bullying  -  by:    THE System  

Fuck em

 

By so deciding,  publicly,  i crack a portal to:  immortality … for:  

normal people 

Land a blow for those who decline to submit to Thought-tyranny

I die for:   humanity’s sake

 

In a morbid way, my persecutors, unwittingly … fall into my trap …  

In fact it’s all recorded for training & quality purposes 

I’ve cunningly checkmated The State -  into:  (corruptly) killing me  

It’s suicide by principle, if you like

 

As a logical individual, you might well wind up evaluating that:  In order to catch a Dangerous ORG.Lie, on The Big Stage … ya best strategy, is to:      become the bait 

 

Therein lies my natural advantage, coz:  my body-bait, is …  not …

Who i am

 

Meanwhile, back in my mind, I’m madly scheming to:  reverberate … 

Beyond bio-time here …   into …:  the realm of spirituality … 

I’m thinking: that shit’ll go better if i’m willing to die for it

(field a guess - ask yes/no q)

 

Luckily, i’m blessed with  a group of gifted disciples, without whom:  none of this would have been possible

I was inspired on this trip to eternity by a: Voice of  Divinity

Lotta words written about me, but none by me 

I’m commonly associated with:     a Trinity

 

(field guesses)



Secret Weapon

Before The State demonized me to death, i foot-soldiered for them until i was 48 - hailed as:  a war hero 

According to the historians, i’m fit, courageous - cool in pressure situations - known for my endurance ..

If that sounds sexy  - i hate to ruin it:  i’m … no oil painting

 

Now that i find myself re-embedded, in civilized society, i still feel like an outsider

Of course, the horrors of war follow you home, but a side-effect of accepting that as a reality, is: it dissolves a lotta other bs in ya head 

Leaving a residual ability to detect:  fake projecting

It’s this same inquisitiveness that provoked the furious headwind of Intellectual Hostility - currently focussed on me

Ironically,    i’m an  ignoramus    -   first to admit it  -   just some bloke -  thirsting to learn - by conversing with: The Experts  

How bad can that be …?

 

As it happened … quite early in my journey of inquiry - a pattern formed:  our elites, are, seemingly, not as wise as they would have us believe …

Initially, i thought: they might be glad to discover the error of their thinking … in the spirit of human endeavour … !  Together, lift the lid on it !

 

See, told you i’m an idiot

 

I don’t seek conflict, the opposite, but inevitably, i end up contributing to it

Therefore i am … reporting live from: the-thick-of-it

 

Within this .. hostile .. struggle/mess, my secret weapon is:    

a Question

Which is the thing that: really bugs em

In my, dumb, opinion, life’s a:  wondrous investigation

A fellow-travelled mystery … to be unravelled ….  

One question, one (valid) answer, one piece of the puzzle at a time … 

 

Disclaimer: Challenging the State with fundamental questions will get you muzzled - may get you dead

(Guesses)


Execution-style

 

I say The State, but meet one of the main-humans stage-managing the case against me:   (Anytus uh-n-ay t uhs*)  who, happens to be the wealthy son of an (decent) industry mogul 

Which is   the reason   he’s risen to his present status of:  Powerful Politician

 

Preceding that vocation, Dad’s wheel-greasing was also integral in making him: General of a War Fleet 

How did A-n-ai-t-us handle himself in the heat of battle?  Well … 10 years ago, he was charged with: treason - for: failing to fire a shot when everyone was relying on him to complete his mission

But here’s the real beauty of money - he got off  -  coz ... :  he bribed the jury

Literally, the first human to ever do it.   A true visionary 

 

Once the verdict was in,  i was given a chance, by, my learned friends, to:    Beg  The Mercy of THE Court  

What punishment ought you get for your crimes, then, in your opinion?

I was meant to recant, say: exile.   Give:  everyone a way out

But to hell with that.  I replied: 

How ‘bout a small government-paid stipend,  in perpetuity … ?  

In recognition of my contribution to society … ?

Enough for meals at the community centre is fine.  I'm already seventy … so ….great deal financially for ya tax-funded ORG.entity

 

Our protagonists don’t go for that, as we’ve covered. Too intoxicated by their love affair with their own roiling malice

 

The end is, fittingly:   a poisoned chalice   -  hemlock   -  concocted by the resident alchemist  (Guesses)

 

The final scene? … :  eerily deja vu … 

A secluded prison cell, in a cave, on a rocky outcrop.  Into which, a government actor enters, bearing a cup of: deadly condemnation

 

On the bright side …  i can still hear the sea’s timeless caress - then there’s the congregation of friends gathered - an intimacy - it feels like the way it was always meant to be

I’m ready to be set free: spiritually

 

With a steady hand, i accept the cup - crack one last joke with the alchemist:  Does the occasion call for a libation?  Ok if i pour a portion of the wine on the ground for the GODS?  How ‘bout it?

He says, straight-faced: No. The amount is bespoke. Scientifically calculated to do the job

Ohrr.  Pity.  Then here’s to my soul’s journey to infinity … 

I lift the cup to my lips, drain it in one gulp

 

By so doing, i:  transcend death

 

Lurking from beyond the grave, I still play a foundational role in:   THE Golden Age of Philosophy

Schools of which’ll run fine as fountains of wisdom …for:  another 900 years after i’m bodily gone

Right up until the Dark Ages … & counting



(Guesses)

 

 

 

 

Ans: Socrates

 

* Anytus - born to money princeling - failed military leader charged with treason - jury briber - political elite - driving force in the case against Socrates

* Asclepius - Greek God of Medicine (son of Apollo) was a mortal who became immortalized as a God.  Gifted doctor in real life -  could reputedly resurrect the dead … (possible if you knew CPR)

At length Zeus, afraid that Asclepius might render all men immortal, slew him with a thunderbolt