I Be I Who Am It: The Ultimate It

A philosophical & theoretical journey into the origin of Existence beyond the realm of Organized Religion ...

I Be I Who Am It:  The Ultimate It

 Written By Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

Copyright © 2021 Marvin Thomas Cox

DBA: Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

All Rights Reserved

Figuratively, Paul's Unknown god

 I

 

I be I who am It!

I exist,

though you deny

with questions of why,

of when, and what for?

Is there something else?

Isn't there more?

 

 II

 

I have no head to scratch,

but I do wonder:

What more do you want

that you wouldn't plunder?

What debt, do I,

as I who am It,

owe to you?

 

 III

 

You exist,

you have life,

and you think you think,

but have

another think coming.

 

 IV

 

Your assumed significance,

your self assessed intelligence,

is more than slightly askew,

and is all about you.

Yet within existence,

within all of Existence,

you are microscopically

 -- tinier than the tiniest

of subatomic particles-- minuscule.

 

 V

 

Yet you seek me,

but not as It that is I,

and why is the reason of it,

but to complain and cry,

seek more to gain,

for your selfish self,

and you as Man alone?

 

 

VI

 

Tell me if you will:

Why should I who am It

honestly give a rat's a*s s**t?

 

 VII

 

Dost thou imagine me

so small,

so laden with your own

insecurities of inferiority,

that I as It

would give diddly spit,

would find myself as It,

discomfited for lack of it?

 

 VIII

 

Would I as It have a fit

if you failed to believe,

that I am It,

refused to worship,

me as It,

refused to obey me,

as It

as if, somehow,

I will cease to exist

as the It that I am

and all for the lack of it:

 

 IX

 

Belief's worship of obedience

in prostration's groveling

of thinking I need it

or actually give a s**t

about matters

strictly Human,

and pitifully petty?

 

 X

 

Do I who am It

stand at your door

as an attention seeking

Man w***e,

wanting more and more,

and more than more,

and what for?

 

 XI

 

What do you possess

that I who am It

needs or requires

of my deeds of Creation

to address or admire?

 

XII

 

I am simply I who am It,

The Ultimate It,

whom you proclaim as Love

whilst the fact is

I, who am It, am above Love,

existing beyond any fathomed

Human concept of imagination.

 

 XIII

 

For Love is your own

communal creation,

of couples and mating,

cities and cultures,

societies and nations,

lovingly butchering one another

in invasions declaration's proclamations

of doing so, so you say,

for the cause of attaining to Freedom's Liberty,

preservation of Motherland's Country,

and (here's the cackling coffer's punch line)

-- as last resort of mind blinded inspiration --

for the sake of my, so called, Holy Name.

 

 XIV

 

What makes you think

that I who am It

am, or would ever be,

that which you call HOLY?

In comparison to what?

Man and men with a plan

to rule over other men,

who've been madly had?

 

 XV

 

Holiness is a concept that is purely

of Man's own impure contrivance,

in attainment's gain of supremacy

over those, considered by haughty

and snootiest uppity men,

as lesser and lower men,

denied esteem's honor of respect

and relegated to existences alongside

domesticated and placated animals,

as, mere, Human Sheeple-People Cattle¹1.

 

 XVI

 

Dare I, who am It, viciously proclaim

Mankind as a Humanity become

nothing more than Dumbed-Down²,

unthinking and desensitized,

romanticized for pleasures' eyes,

Intelligently-Stupid³, Human Cattle?

 

 XVII

 

Indeed I do, for I lack your fetish,

for ignorance, superstition, and religiosity.

Thus, I, who am It, do declare that Mankind

has, tragically, become no more than

Human Cattle, expressly fed and bred,

for the milking and shearing,

and for the harnessing to that plow

known as war after war in the name

of putting an end to War,

that only ends (always ends without lasting amends)

upon the bloody Butcher's killing floor?

 

XVIII

 

Holy f*****g S**t!

Such proclamations

are wholly your own invention's

delusionally deranged sensations

wholly and emphatically comprised

of your own schizophrenic concoctions

of outright lying to the masses of Mankind,

via nothing more than dumb a*s full of s**t,

Bullshit!

 

 XIX

 

If I who am It

had ever thought to need

myself known or declared,

in any fashion, to Mankind

to choose myself a man,

to represent me as a certified,

no Bullshit, Prophet of It,

I would have given serious consideration

to that late, great, deceased man:

George Carlin!

 

XX

 

George Carlin⁴,

a bonafide Atheist

who did not believe

in me as I who am It,

and did not make up

tales of me as I who am It,

that are altogether untrue

and utter lies of men

as Man with a plan

to make a fast buck's profit

from Man's, slyly, slippery

grifter's5 pokes

to blind the very eyes

of all those who dare to simply ask

the whys of that Unholy Trinity

craftily manifested as

Taxes, Tithes, and Lies.

 

 XXI

 

If I who am It had chosen to create

an Ultimate It Religion,

It would be The Religion of It,

It left alone to do that which It does

in simply being I who am It

who has created all of it

as that, one and only

Extant Catalyst Reactant

Ultimate Source Point Of Origin

Of All Existence,

who does operate and serve as

Creator of all that is and will ever be.

Yep! That's me, plain as can be.

Author of Creation, needs no prostration,

needs not a Goddamn thing from Man!

And owes to Man NOTHING,

not an inkling's zilch of zero's nada,

not an iota of diddly squat,

for what is, or what's not.

 

 XXII

 

Man needs to understand:

I have no Divine Plan,

for as such are but the wiles of men 

in positions of power and control

duping dumber men as

a mind blinded and deceived --Mankind.

 

XXIII

 

I, who am It, am a Creator,

an Artist, devoted to the Canvas,

and expanse, of all Existence,

and am not a micro-manipulating manager.

Neither am I, who am It, a Narcissist,

for such is the ego-maniacal mind

of men without peace of mind,

lest they rule and fool other men

as Mankind's Humanity: The Human Race.

 

 XXIV

 

And what of CREATION?

CREATION set into being of existence,

within all Existence,

in Intelligent Design's perfect order,

seasoned well with a smidgen of utter Chaos

that shall never make a lick's sense

to the tiny and limited mind of Man,

which assumes that I have needs:

Needs to be believed in,

needs Man as a friend,

needs to be worshiped and obeyed,

needs to be loved and praised,

needs a relationship with things created,

simply to exist until they exist no more,

for no work of art exists forever,

or it would not be art whatsoever.

 

 XXV

 

No ifs ands or buts (about it),

my Religion would be the Religion of It:

I who am It let be and set free from all responsibility,

for that which Man and Man alone

has done to f**k up his own world

fast on the way to extinguishing

his own existence,

of which there is only one,

and of I who am It giving another,

there is none,

as in no more fun under the sun

at my expense as I who am It,

should Man piss off

the one and only opportunity

his existence shall ever be provided

as that true master of his own fate

and future hope of living existence

as The Human Race.

 

 

(Written October 22nd, 2021)

Author's Note

EVIDENTIAL FOOTNOTES

1 Sheeple-People Cattle — Sheeple-People Cattle — Sheeple-People — A word and term which I have expanded upon and find myself favoring in my attempt to communicate the all too factual reality that people tend to allow themselves—even seem to want—to be led, watered, and fed, much like sheep, trusting others with decisions and truths regarding their lives, their futures, their welfare, and their safety, rather then shouldering up such responsibilities themselves as individuals, in finding and enjoying the comfort of numbers. The word sheeple was first coined by actress and Wall Street Journal writer, Barbara Anderson, in 1984.

2 Dumbed-Down — transitive verb. : to lower the level of difficulty and the intellectual content of (something, such as a textbook) also : to lower the general level of intelligence in the dumbing down of society. Dumb down Definition & Meaning – Merriam-Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dumb...

3 Intelligently-Stupid — a terminology of my own coining, creation, and contrivance.

4 George Carlin: Religion Is Bullshit — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r-e2NDSTuE

Reviews

[Bhuyanshi Talukdar]

Dear poet,

I recently read your poem and found it to be a thought-provoking reflection on the nature of existence, creation, and humanity's relationship with the divine. Your use of the speaker's voice to present a creator who is an artist devoted to the canvas of all existence was particularly striking. I appreciated your rejection of the idea that the creator is a micro-manipulating manager or a narcissist who needs to be worshiped and obeyed.

Your reflection on the nature of creation was also insightful. Your argument that it was set into being within all existence in intelligent design's perfect order, seasoned well with a smidgen of utter chaos, was particularly interesting. I also appreciated your acknowledgement that humanity's limited mind cannot fully comprehend the nature of creation or the divine.

Overall, I found your poem to be a beautiful reflection on the limitations of human understanding and the nature of the divine. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights with the world.

Sincerely,
Bhuyanshi Talukdar

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thank you for investing the time to read this unusual piece of my heart and mind set to pen of page ...

[Stuart Munro]

Wow excellent poem , thanks for sharing , Great read , and meaningful

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thank you Stuart! ... Not everyone will think so ... LOL!

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[Stuart Munro]

Your too modest Marvin , your a great writer

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

I love pieces of art that challenges the reader's intellect, politics, faith, and love. To me they are not so much controversies but conversation starters. They are the food of philosophy. One can choose conformity and regurgitate what they believe are absolutes. Or they can truly be free of mind, structure, and hypocrisy. It is easy to excuse the inexcusable with obfuscation. But it takes a keen spirit to challenge the norms which many find comfort in for no other reason than the avoidance of controversy and antagonism. We all hold myriad perspectives on these ideologies whether based of fact or faith. But silence should never be acceptable when debating these ideas. Because had it been we would never have had the great philosophers of past history. Art is the doorway to philosophy and gives us the opportunity to share and debate everything the world and life has to offer with great care, respect, and humanity. I've wrote a piece a few months back that I have yet to submit called 'Profit'. It's not as polished as this remarkable gem, but its message is striking none the less. I enjoyed this wonderful poem of yours Marvin. Thank you for sharing.

[Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham]

Thank you, Carlos, for reading, and for the very kind and most insightful words ...

I wrote this piece as hoped for means of speaking my mind in attempting to bridge the gap betwixt the fervently Religious and the adamantly Ahteist, between which I often find myself embroiled in conversational debate as neither side is willing to give an inch in the zeal of that which they believe ever so fervently ... In my view, Truth is not, never is, relative ... But Truth is a variable that should be ascertained by continuing to test and research that which is believed to be Truth today, but which may suddenly need redefining in that most of new knowledge of what truly is Truth tomorrow established by Free Thinking's willingness to redefine Truth on a continual basis as new knowledge of said Truths become revealed to one's open eyed mind's eye of loving Truth more than loving accepted Truth to one day be revealed as errant falsehoods and lies ... Thus, I present my theoretical thoughts a*s food for thought in hopes of causing my readers to reassess all that we each have been taught to think and believe about the Universe of Existence, and our world around us ...

Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

[Carlos Lorenzo Estrada]

As an agnostic I tend to find myself as an arbiter between opposing sides on the issues of faith or belief. Though I never claim to know or be an all encompassing purveyor of truth. I can only share my perspective. Taking into account my limited knowledge on scriptures and holy texts of different cultural beliefs and ideologies. What I myself tend to recognize that truth is inherently absolute, while faith is malleable. If it's fire and you put your hand in it and it burns you then that is proof of what you have before you. Now belief can change that perspective. One can literally will themselves to believe in something different despite the absolute appearance of something before them. The human mind is only as strong as its curiosity to know. If at birth I was placed immediately into a room devoid of human contact left there to grow would I speak like a baby once released many years later or would I have the mind of an intellect? Now say if someone periodically entered the room and handed me a book and said to me, "This is a rock." what would I come to believe about the object I was given with only that bit of information? Education and curiosity play a large part in understanding the universe in which we live in. Without it a book to me would still be a rock, despite the absolute truth it isn't. As I have stated in the past I don't discourage others from their faith. Whatever brings them closer to being a more empathetic moral human being I'm all for. Ideologies are made to be debated, but to me truth isn't. Perspective skews what we believe to be truth because each person is inherently different via culture, ethics, social standing, and education. A friend of mine who was born in the south was not taught the exact way I was. Social environment plays a large part in shaping much of who we are and how we see society. Opportunities in education also adds to this. I feel because of the recent advancements of science many have taken this as an opportunity to impugn it. Glossing over the fact that science is constantly evolving as is our knowledge of the universe. They are discovering the universe is much older than first thought and has affected past theories. That is the thing with science it is a theory. It is in constant flux and testing to reach a consensus on truth. Faith doesn't need truth in order to exist. I enjoy your poem because it asks us difficult questions not all are seeking answers to, but in some innately human way we want to know. I apologize for this drawn out discussion but as I said before that is the power of art.