Richard

A poem

Illustration credit: Chris Sansenbach, via Midjourney

Alternative facts. Deep fakes. Artificial intelligence. True religion. What is real? What is true? Did it happen? Which revelation is the correct one? What do you believe, and why? Is it belief, or suspension of disbelief? Faith, or gambling?

The titular character of today’s poem, Richard, is an arbitrary stand-in for anything that would gain entry by aggressively asserting itself as truth. The images were created by Chris Sansenbach, via Midjourney — skillfully and specifically prompted to illustrate this poem.

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Richard

Richard is
a rattlesnake

a rattlesnake Jesus
on a pony, a pony

dressed in lightning
lightning at the door

at the door a
luciferous origami

of paper folded into 
shapes of light

shards
of illusion.

Image credit: Chris Sansenbach, via Midjourney

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