I’m A Liar

"The led tablet at Ebal
"Was not hindered by the red tape
"Of academia. Therefore,
"We ought to ignore it
"And throw the lead off the team.
"Though, it clearly can be seen
"From the article the letters drawn,
"We will say it's like a rorschach test.

"The 24th Century Anomaly
"Coincides with the Flood Myths in China.
"We know it happened from Tree Rings
"In an ancient tree in Ireland.
"But that can't be evidence of the flood.
"Nor can the fact that the Neolithic Civilization
"Ceased existing at that exact time
"Give us good evidence for the same.
"Also, Adam and Eve are not in Chinese
"Mythology, despite a monument erected
"In their honor, around the second Millennium BC.

"The Egyptian Chariot Spoke
"Found off Neweibu Beach
"Doesn't exist... despite it existing
"A decade ago when you first heard about it.
"Buried, blacklisted, and now forgotten.
"It was never authenticated by a renowned
"Artefact dealer, nor was it dated to the 18th Egyptian Dynasty.
"No, you see, ships sank in that area many times
"And that explains why so many chariot pieces were scattered
"On the Seafloor.

"There were no Venuses found in the Americas
"And E. B. Renaud did not speculate
"On a universal Neolithic Religion
"Of a Mother Goddess,
"Which the Venuses were not found on the American Continents.
"No, this article was not taken off of JSTOR
"And the author you read is crazy,
"And no such citation ever existed.
"Nor does the Bible mention "Peleg"
"That the Earth divided in his days.
"I'm sure it does, but it doesn't mean what 
"Brandon says it does. Obviously...
"That'd be absurd.

"Papias was an idiot, and Erasmus even said so,
"And he was dead wrong when he told us
"Who wrote Mark and Matthew;
"And He didn't say he wrote the Book of John
"By John's the Elder's own word.
"Who is that John? It's not the Apostle John.
"And certainly, Luke was not a good historian,
"And he didn't get everything contemporary in his gospel.

"Also, Psalm 22 doesn't say 'My hands and feet are pierced'
"But rather it means 'Bit by a lion's tooth,' and the Dead Sea
"Scrolls don't say "Pierced.' And Psalm 2 doesn't say
"'Kiss the Son' No, it says, "Kiss the pure'
"The "Pure" Begotten by God. And the Bible is full of Anachronisms.
"Like David says the Walls need rebuilt, Moses says there will be a King
"And that there will be a curse, if the peoples sin,
"And Isaiah 53 clearly does not talk about a man's soul
"Being offered for the sin of the people. Not at all.
"And Zechariah doesn't say Joshua (The Hebrew form of Jesus)
"Will reign as both Priest and King, and forgive sins.
"That'd be absurd."

The Wet Nurse

There was a strange politics
In the days of old, when baby
Formula wasn't invented yet.
Many women couldn't breastfeed
So, they'd hire a dam to feed their babies.
Some wouldn't breastfeed because
Their class or status put it beneath them.
But the fact is, someone's teats
Were needed to nourish an infant.
Thank God for Baby Formula.

Curiously, someone made an argument
For abortion with this in mind...
I think without baby formula
It'd be compulsory to feed the infant
Any way you knew how...
Which, this politics was strange
Because if you can't, then you'd need
Another woman to do the service you couldn't.
This was the politics for nearly 6,000 years.

The Modern Brat

Went to college, learned Critical Race Theory
Or some other useless thing,
Destroyed the Western Tradition
And mocked their country's prosperity.
Then are mad when they can't find a job
And need to move back in with their parents.
They spent 80k on what they can get much better
On the internet, with the right sort of guidance.

I get that we shouldn't have to go to college
To have a career---I totally get that.
But, understand the other side.
Some of us are destined to work McDonald's
As a cashier, or Walmart as a cart gatherer.
And I get that large companies are paying their employees
Low prices, and are forcing the bulk of Americans
To risk debt, or be homeless.

But don't you think the lack of prosperity
Also has to do with you?

Battle of Cannae

50,000 Romans lay dead,
Because you, Varro, fled.
Paullus died in Carthaginian pincors,
Where Hannibal yet again
In craft, broke his center rank
And deliberately led the bulk of your forces
Into a well designed trap.

Had Varro rode against 
Hannibal's Cavalry
And had those Numidian Infantry
Not laid in wait behind Hannibal's Lines,---
In their hidden columns amidst the dust,---
You may have died too.
Perhaps you need flee.
So Rome is not without a governor. 

You marched the largest army in Roman History
And later, would the sun darken and shields sweat blood
On the battlefield, when Fabius and Marcellus
Shield and Sword, would finally defeat you.
And Scipio would land the fatal blow
In Spain and Africa, recalling Hannibal the Terror of Rome.

Übermensch

Die Übermensch stands on a lake's edge,
And a drowning man cannot swim or save himself.
"Man, come help me!" cried the drowning man.
"Help yourself, fool, for you have gotten yourself
"Into this predicament. For, only by striving
"And thereby surviving, can you make it in this world."
The drowning man gulped water into his mouth,
And cried out once more, "Friend, I am drowning!
"Save me!" The Übermensch then said, 
"If I save you, you will be weak. You must be strong
"And save yourself. For, if you cannot, you will suffer
"In this life, and thereby, men will have to save you
"From drowning every single day, will they not?"
The drowning man said, "I do not want your philosophy
"You fool, only for you to do what is right!"
"What is right!" Cried the Übermensch!
"What is right? What is right?"
The drowning man then cried out,
"To save a poor wretch from a miserable death!"
"I do not think that is right... for if I save you
"You will only drown yourself again.
"I will let you strive to get yourself out of this."
To which, the man drowned. And the Übermensch
Said, "Pity. I could have taught him a great lesson
"If he would have only listened, and saved himself
"And not look to me. Why ought I? Why?"
The Übermensch then frowned, and a sick feeling
Came to the pit of his stomach, realizing
He had just murdered a man.
He pushed it way down into his belly, and ate it.
And reasoned with himself not to feel remorse.