The Middle Finger

  a motion poem about the new paradigm




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   NOT GOING AGAINST THE NORM,
   PEOPLE WHO VIEW VALUE FIRST
ARE LOTH TO LISTEN TO RELIGIOUS RANTINGS
YOU REFUSE TO RESORT TO THEOLATRY
THE NEUTRAL-INCLUSIVE
WILL WALK HAND IN HAND WITH
ADHERENTS OF THE NORM
      TOWARDS NEUTRALITY,
   AGAINST THE THEODEMONICAL CLEAVAGE

EVERYTHING IS EQUAL, UNLESS ...
   HOW 'HOLY' IS THE WORLD VIEWED BY
THE EXTREME WHO KNOW NO MODERATION!
WATCH THE PRIESTS WHO PRAY/PREY ON US
   ZEROING IN ON EQUALITY,
   EVERYONE
IS INTENT ON ATTAINING 'ER TELOS
A CONFIRMED LEFT-HANDER
COULD NOT SUNDER INCLUSIVE ONENESS
EVERYTHING IS EQUAL, UNLESS ...
   HARDLY EVER DO WE FORGET
THE INDOCTRINATED IN DIVINE FETTERS
'SPES NOSTRA EST NORMA'
YOU ENTER INTO STILLNESS WITH US
   RESPECTING THE RIGHT TO PERSONHOOD,
   NOT OUT OF EXISM, THAT IS EXTREMISM

WHEN SHALL WE CELEBRATE THE NEW RULE?
-- AS MOVING AS THE WHEEL
A NEW NORM HAS BEEN BORN TO SUCCEED

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THE ONE WITH A NEUTRAL NAME
HAD BETTER CARE ABOUT EVERYONE
   REFUSING TO FOSTER SPURIOUS SINS,
   A BROAD-MINDED RIGHT-HANDER
DARES TO DEBUNK ESTABLISHED BELIEF
YOU SELDOM FORGET THE CARPENTER'S SQUARE
NOTHING ENDURES BUT THE ULTIMATE
   SO NEUTRAL IN THE NEW SENSE,
WITH PERFECTION 'TWIXT THE TWAIN

                   **

THE ONE WITH A NEUTRAL NAME
MAY PRAISE AND CARE FOR
THE POOR FORKED ANIMAL
      IN QUEST OF UNIVERSAL TRUTH,
   AGAINST THE THEODEMONICAL CLEAVAGE

   MAKING GOOD BY FAIR MEANS, NOT FOUL,
   YOU
NEED TO DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN IDEOLOGIES
THE HARBINGERS OF INCLUSIVENESS
SHALL NOT VEER BETWEEN EXTREMES
   A CONFIRMED LEFT-HANDER
KNOWS BETTER THAN EVER NOW THAT
FASHION PASSES WHERE ANANKE PREVAILS
NORMATIVELY SPEAKING, THAT IS
NOTHING ENDURES BUT THE ULTIMATE

                   **

   WHILE RESPECTING PERSONS AS PERSONS,
   PEOPLE WITH OPEN HANDS
PUT THEIR HOPES IN HUMAN GOODNESS
YOU
OUGHTN'T TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A GROUP

                   **

   ANANDA,
      THE ONE WITH A NEUTRAL NAME
MAY MOVE HAND IN HAND ON FOOT
EVERYTHING IS EQUAL, UNLESS ...

   REFUSING TO FOSTER SPURIOUS SINS,
   'E IS INTENT ON ATTAINING 'ER TELOS
PEOPLE WITH OPEN HANDS WILL NOT RENEGE
YOU NEITHER HONOR NOR DISHONOR
THE POOR FORKED ANIMAL
      IN SEARCH OF INCLUSIVENESS,
   WITHOUT A PEREMPTORY WRIT

      SOUNDING THE NATURE OF THE NORM,
   ONE BELIEVES THAT
FASHION PASSES WHERE ANANKE PREVAILS
ONE LIVES ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH
THE TELLURIAN OF TODAY
      TOWARDS NEUTRALITY,
   NOT OUT OF EXISM, THAT IS EXCLUSIVISM

                   **

   ANANDA,
   PEOPLE WITH OPEN HANDS
PUT THEIR HOPES IN HUMAN GOODNESS
ANY PIONEER OF THE NEW PARADIGM
OUGHTN'T TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST A GROUP
WATCH THE PRIESTS WHO PRAY/PREY ON ME
AGAPISM FALLS IN LOVE WITH ITSELF
   SO NEUTRAL IN THE NEW SENSE,
NEUTRAL, UNLESS NEUTRAL

                   **

   PREFERRING THEIR OWN FAITH IN VALUE,
      EVOLUTIONERS TRUE TO NATURE
ARE LIKELY TO LEARN THAT
THERE IS A LIMIT TO INFINITE INCREASE
   SOUNDING THE NATURE OF THE NORM,
      WE
LOOK HOPEFULLY FORWARD TO THE YEAR 1
NOTHING ALTERS BUT THE NONULTIMATE
      ON A DAO DIVINE NOR DEVILISH
   THEY ARE PART AND PARCEL OF SOCIETY
THEISM IS HAND IN GLOVE WITH DEMONISM
A NEW NORM HAS BEEN BORN TO SUCCEED
   ONLY THEN ARE THEY RECOGNIZED BY
THE LOVERS OF SUPERNATURAL LORE
WHEN SHALL WE CELEBRATE THE NEW YULE?

FASHION PASSES WHERE ANANKE PREVAILS
   OF WHAT CULTURAL CHARACTER ARE
THE NIHILISTS OF NO NORM?
HOW COULD IT BE MORE MANIFEST TO THEM
   THEY WILL UNDOUBTEDLY UNDERSTAND THAT
NOTHING ENDURES BUT THE ULTIMATE
   IN ALL PROVINCES OF INCLUSIVENESS
      ANY PIONEER OF THE NEW PARADIGM
GRASPS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US THAT
LIKE SASSAFRAS LEAVES WE DIFFER OR DON'T
THEISM IS HAND IN GLOVE WITH DEMONISM
   IN CLOSED, STATELY COMMUNITIES STAY
THE EXTREME WHO KNOW NO MODERATION
IT'S NO WONDER ...

                   **

THE TELLURIAN OF TODAY
NEITHER HONORS NOR DISHONORS
ANY PIONEER OF THE NEW PARADIGM
   FOR THE PRIMACY OF NORMS AND VALUES,
      OPPOSED TO LATERAL EXCLUSIVISM

EVERYTHING IS EQUAL, UNLESS ...
   AS TRUE AS THE WHEEL,
NEUTRAL, UNLESS NEUTRAL

                   **

   FLANKED BY THE UNNEUTRAL,
   PEOPLE WHO VIEW VALUE FIRST
PUT THEIR HOPES IN HUMAN GOODNESS
THE HARBINGERS OF INCLUSIVENESS
SHALL NOT VEER BETWEEN EXTREMES

                   **

   ANANDA,
      THE POOR FORKED ANIMAL
BLAZES THE TRAIL OF TRUTH AND RELEVANCE
NOTHING ALTERS BUT THE NONULTIMATE
   REFUSING TO FOSTER SPURIOUS SINS,
   'E
PRESERVES THE INCREATE FROM CREATIONISTS
'E
DOESN'T PUSSYFOOT ON ISSUES OF PRINCIPLE
A NEW NORM HAS BEEN BORN TO SUCCEED
   HARDLY EVER DO YOU FORGET
RECREANTS GOING FOR READY GAIN
WOE BETIDE US IF WE'RE NOT PREPARED!

                   **

   FLANKED BY THE UNNEUTRAL,
   THE ONE WITH A NEUTRAL NAME
PRESERVES THE INCREATE FROM CREATIONISTS
PEOPLE WITH OPEN HANDS
MANUFACTURE NO SUPERNATURAL NONFACTS
   WHILE RESPECTING PERSONS AS PERSONS,
   I
AM IN THE VAN OF THE ANABATIC MOVEMENT
SELF-EXISTENT SIBLINGS
DON'T PUSSYFOOT ON ISSUES OF PRINCIPLE
THEY MAY PRAISE AND CARE FOR
LOVERS OF VERIDICAL TRUTH
   FOR THE PRIMACY OF NORMS AND VALUES,
      AGAINST THE THEODEMONICAL CLEAVAGE

   THAT THE NEUTRAL-INCLUSIVE GAVE US
PEACE AND QUIET ON THE MIDDLE PATH
OR A FINGER OF THE FUTURE

YOU SUPPORT THE SAME
   IN QUEST OF UNIVERSAL TRUTH
      IN QUEST OF UNIVERSAL TRUTH,
   WITH ALL THESE INCREDIBLE CREEDS
PEOPLE WHO VIEW VALUE FIRST
ARE NOT TO BE BEHINDHAND IN HELPING THEM
      WITH EVENHANDEDNESS,
   IN OPPOSITION TO INEQUALITY

   A BROAD-MINDED RIGHT-HANDER
IS AWARE THAT
FASHION PASSES WHERE ANANKE PREVAILS
   YOU
ARE WILLING TO SWIM AGAINST THE STREAM
A NEW NORM HAS BEEN BORN TO SUCCEED
   THAT 'E GAVE ME
A FINGER OF THE FUTURE
OR AN IDEAL INSPIRING AND ENDURING

      NATURALLY, NOT SUPERNALLY,
   ONE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY UNDERSTAND THAT
LIKE SASSAFRAS LEAVES WE DIFFER OR DON'T
ANY PIONEER OF THE NEW PARADIGM
ENTERS INTO STILLNESS WITH 'IM
      BETWIXT AND BETWEEN,
   AGAINST THE THEODEMONICAL CLEAVAGE

                   **

   ANANDA,
      YOU
REJECT RULES AS VESTIGIAL AS THE DEWCLAW
NOTHING ENDURES BUT THE ULTIMATE
LIKE SASSAFRAS LEAVES WE DIFFER OR DON'T
   WE HAVE NO TRUCK WITH
RECREANTS GOING FOR READY GAIN
NORMATIVELY SPEAKING, THAT IS

                   **

   THAT A CONFIRMED LEFT-HANDER
GAVE PEOPLE WITH OPEN HANDS
A POEM OF MILLENNIUMS
OR PEACE AND QUIET ON THE MIDDLE PATH

   SOUNDING THE NATURE OF THE NORM,
      UNFETTERED BIPEDS
ARE WILLING TO SWIM AGAINST THE STREAM
A NEW NORM HAS BEEN BORN TO SUCCEED
WHEN SHALL WE CELEBRATE THE NEW YULE?
THERE IS A LIMIT TO INFINITE INCREASE
   EQUAL, UNLESS NEUTRAL
   ONE
IS VERACIOUS ENOUGH TO REALIZE THAT
NOTHING ALTERS BUT THE NONULTIMATE
IT'S NO WONDER ...
-- SO INCLUSIVE IN THE RELEVANT SENSE
EVERYTHING IS EQUAL, UNLESS ...

THERE IS A LIMIT TO INFINITE INCREASE
   ONLY THEN ARE THEY RECOGNIZED BY
THE LIGHT-FINGERED WHO STEAL LAWFULLY
LEST ALL FALLS APART TO RELIGIOUS PIECES
WOE BETIDE US IF WE'RE NOT PREPARED!
-- QUIET OF BODY, PEACEFUL OF MIND
LIKE SASSAFRAS LEAVES WE DIFFER OR DON'T

                   **

   ANANDA,
   YOU
SMOOTH OUT THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE
PEOPLE WITH OPEN HANDS
REFUSE TO RESORT TO THEOLATRY
   MAY I OFFER YOU
A HAND WITH MYRIAD DIGITS
OR PEACE AND QUIET ON THE MIDDLE PATH

   THO FOND OF THE PROFUNDITY OF SILENCE
   THEY ARE LIKELY TO LEARN THAT
A NEW NORM HAS BEEN BORN TO SUCCEED
      ON A DAO DIVINE NOR DEVILISH
   YOU BETHINK YOURSELF OF THE FACT THAT
NOTHING ALTERS BUT THE NONULTIMATE
   ADHERENTS OF THE NORM
GRASP THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL US THAT
AGAPISM FALLS IN LOVE WITH ITSELF
FASHION PASSES WHERE ANANKE PREVAILS
   ONLY THEN ARE YOU RECOGNIZED BY
THE EXCLUSIVE WHO KEEP ON EXCLUDING
LEST ALL FALLS APART TO RELIGIOUS PIECES

                   **

   THAT A CONFIRMED LEFT-HANDER
GAVE THEM
A WELT-, NOT A WELTER-ANSCHAUUNG
OR PEACE AND QUIET ON THE MIDDLE PATH

A NEW NORM HAS BEEN BORN TO SUCCEED
   FULL OFTEN HAVE YOU FACED
THE LOVERS OF SUPERNATURAL LORE
HOW COULD IT BE MORE MANIFEST TO YOU
   SOUNDING THE NATURE OF THE NORM,
      YOU
MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM OF A GOOD MOVEMENT
FASHION PASSES WHERE ANANKE PREVAILS
A NEW NORM HAS BEEN BORN TO SUCCEED
   UNDER WHAT DENOMINATION LIVE AND DIE
RECREANTS GOING FOR READY GAIN?

                   **

LOVERS OF VERIDICAL TRUTH
LIVE ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH
A PERSON OF PRINCIPLE
      IN QUEST OF UNIVERSAL TRUTH,
   NOT OUT OF EXISM, THAT IS EXTREMISM

I LIVE ON AN EQUAL FOOTING WITH
PEOPLE WITH OPEN HANDS
      AVID FOR RELEVANT JUSTICE,
   NOT OUT OF EXISM, THAT IS EXTREMISM

   LET EVERYONE
GIVE THE POOR FORKED ANIMAL
A PROSPECT OF PERFECT HARMONY
AND A WHEEL PERFECTLY TRUE

      IN ALL PROVINCES OF INCLUSIVENESS
   THE NEUTRAL-INCLUSIVE BIDE THEIR TIME
FASHION PASSES WHERE ANANKE PREVAILS
THERE IS A LIMIT TO INFINITE INCREASE
   HARDLY EVER DO I FORGET
THOSE WHO'VE FEET TOO COLD FOR COURAGE
WHEN SHALL WE CELEBRATE THE NEW YULE?

                   **

ADHERENTS OF THE NORM
SHARE THEIR WEAL, THEIR WHEEL, WITH US
      BETWIXT AND BETWEEN,
   NOT OUT OF EXISM, THAT IS EXCLUSIVISM

YOU HAD BETTER CARE ABOUT THEM
   WITH THE BEGINNING WITHIN OUR GRASP
   PREFERRING 'ER OWN FAITH IN VALUE,
      A BROAD-MINDED RIGHT-HANDER
REPEATS THAT
NOTHING ENDURES BUT THE ULTIMATE
ONE WOULD NOT SINGLE OUT A SON-GOD
ADHERENTS OF THE NORM
WILL WALK HAND IN HAND WITH SOMEONE
      IN QUEST OF UNIVERSAL TRUTH,
   AVERSE TO UNNEUTRALITY ULTIMATELY

   THAT ALL EVOLUTIONERS TRUE TO NATURE
GAVE THE POOR FORKED ANIMAL
A FREE HAND
OR AN IDEAL INSPIRING AND ENDURING

   YOU REMAIN ON GUARD, RAIN OR SHINE
A BROAD-MINDED RIGHT-HANDER
WOULD NOT SINGLE OUT A SON-GOD
   UNITED UNDER THIS NEW DENOMINATION,
   SELF-EXISTENT SIBLINGS
DARE TO DEBUNK ESTABLISHED BELIEF
ONE WOULD NOT SINGLE OUT A SON-GOD
   I LEAN ON A NORM THAT ABIDES
THEISM IS HAND IN GLOVE WITH DEMONISM
AGAPISM FALLS IN LOVE WITH ITSELF
   THOSE ARE NOT THE VALUES OF
RECREANTS GOING FOR READY GAIN
NORMATIVELY SPEAKING, THAT IS
   WITH THE BEGINNING WITHIN OUR GRASP,
      AGAINST PATERNAL PRETENSION