Desert Dweller

I’ve got some bad news
for all the believers:
Muslims, Buddhists, New-Age gurus,
Sunday-service Christians,

for the joiners:
Conservatives, Liberals, Anarchists,

and for the rabble-rousers:
gossips, reporters, advertisers, conspiracy theorists.

You’re all
a bunch of confused humans,
seduced consumers unable or unwilling
to resist donating valuable time
and hard-earned cash
to The Hoodwinkers:

the ones in fancy suits or funny hats
who give out the rules,
the ones who say they know,
who preach faith, lower taxes,
brimstone, paradise and
32 colorful flavors of bullshit.

I’ve got some bad news.

You’re dying.
We’re all gonna die.
No one is coming to save us.
There is no divine rescue.
There is no judgement.

There is only—
a final breath.

We don’t get to choose our death.
We do get to choose our life.

My faith is in myself.

I put my faith in nature,
in my family, in my relationships
and in my experiences.

© 2026 Bruno Talerico
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