David Hyatt-Bickle Poet Rhyme

Boredom is the root of all evil

Wisdom was bored, so she left heaven’s serenity
Yaldabaoth was bored, so he formed the world we see 
Saklas was bored, so he moulded man like you and me 
Samael was bored, so he taught man silver and money
Man was bored, so he worshiped this blind deity 
Through this boredom, we forgot heaven’s serenity 

Through boredom, we crucified heaven’s lamb on the tree 
Through boredom, we beheaded the Prophet Mani 
Through boredom, we burned the Cathars despite every plea 
Through boredom, we seized and colonised land and sea
Through boredom, we filled all with blinding anxiety 
Until Adam will rest his head on the lamb’s tree 

I am tired, but wisdom’s touch moved me to write this for you to see 


Inspired by Soren Kierkegaard’s argument that boredom is the root of all evil, from his work “Either/Or” Part 1, Chapter 6.

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