It amazes me how something
Finds its niche
And gets misused.
How YouTube could be the premier site of an education
But it gets used so stupidly.
I think of WordPress.
It could be used for so much more.
I think of Poetry.
It could be used for so much more.
I think of Novels and Science.
It could be used for so much more.
But, it finds its popular niche,
It finds its populous milieu,
And that is what it is known for.
WordPress for journaling.
Poetry for confessionals.
Novels for entertainment.
Science for blasphemy.
WordPress could be used to share cutting edge ideas.
Poetry could be used to share important truths.
Novels could be used to teach us how to live.
Science could be used to end famines.
I suppose there is nothing to offer.
Our moral education is in the Bible.
Summed up, there is nothing new to discover.
Science blatantly contradicts morals
So every discovery must break down our belief in good.
Why then is it a problem that these innovations get used
So poorly?
Maybe I am just a mouse turd in the peppercorn.
Or, maybe, I need to convince you to read your Bibles…
Because there are answers in Genesis,
But it’s more important we understand the story’s moral
Rather than the story’s literal application.
Who knows what Science will learn 1,000 years from now?
I don’t, which is why I find satisfaction in the Bible’s
Moral suppositions.
They work. They predict society.
They even help you live with a clear conscience
If you’re paying attention.
Whether there really was a Garden of Eden,
Let’s live like there were.
That way we understand the story is about
Growing up, and discovering what it is to have sinned.
B. K. Neifert 