{"id":287145,"date":"2025-02-03T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=287145"},"modified":"2025-01-30T06:41:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T06:41:04","slug":"fathoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/02\/fathoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Fathoms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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30 Jan 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

And the liberals shriek about Donald Trump while the sky rains blackened skeletons<\/p>\n

And the capitalists surf on collapse like raptors on an updraft<\/p>\n

And we scurry back and forth between toil and distraction with pythons around our stomachs and mollusks in our mouths<\/p>\n

And we search achingly for our pilfered hearts inside bottles of pills and TED Talks<\/p>\n

And the amputated limbs of Ukrainian men and Palestinian children are draped about the fast food restaurants like Christmas tinsel<\/p>\n

And the billionaires turn the oceans into plastic so they can pay strangers to pretend to love them<\/p>\n

And men with rusty nail teeth push needles into babies to open up markets in the global south<\/p>\n

And the talking heads tell us the news but won\u2019t tell us why the flesh is melting from their faces as they die of radiation poisoning<\/p>\n

And we cackle at parties and act like everything isn\u2019t covered in oil and the bones of birds and fish<\/p>\n

And we beat back the revolution within ourselves with a chair and a whip for no other reason than because that\u2019s how we were raised<\/p>\n

And the rotting corpse of the middle eastern woman in the corner is beginning to make you uncomfortable<\/p>\n

And the floorboards creak as something green and ancient moves below them<\/p>\n

And the platypus with mirror eyes is gazing at you from the dawn of the universe<\/p>\n

And your consciousness is consumed with the words \u201cTHERE ARE FATHOMS OF PEACE BENEATH THE WARS, AND A VAST WISDOM WINKS FROM BEHIND THE MADNESS\u201d<\/p>\n

And you come at long last to stillness<\/p>\n

And you turn and face the world, palms open.<\/p>\n

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Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. Contact: <\/em>admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Go to Original – caitlinjohnstone.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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