Revelation

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I ask A.I., “who is the Antichrist?”

 

Maybe it’s the president, I speculate.

 

Mark of the Beast? Could that be Trump’s crypto?

 

Perhaps, its A.I. itself. 

 

Great Signs and Wonders? The advent of Artificial General Intelligence?

 

I’d feel better if I tuned-out, laying in bed, watching the American version of “The Office.”

 

Where is our compassion? Our humanity?

 

The least I can do is empathize. 

 

In rehab I’d met a man named Frank who told me, “everyone gets got in the game.”

 

I don’t always know what to do.

 

Is this a game? A dream? A simulation?

 

I just financed groceries - a loan that will take six months to repay if I send the minimum each month.

 

The planet is dying and my heart is broken.

 

Logging in national parks, drilling for oil.

 

Ocean acidification.

 

What can I do?

 

I can love those around me.

 

I can be kind to strangers and small animals.

 

And, if you see me smiling with a tear in my eye - that’s my act of resistance in this time of Revelation.

 

Kindness.

 

Kindness.

 

Kindness.

 

Kindness to all living things.