whenever he understood a person to have been a martyr
he immediately disliked and did not respect them
martyrs and death are synonymous
he questioned who would submit to a martyrs death
never a coup de grace
a single gunshot to the brain
a martyr suffers a torturous death
crucifixion
burned at the stake
beheaded with insignificant blades
executed by hacks
wondrous elaborate stories are related
their stoic deaths are revered
but he did not believe a single word of them
anyone tortured onto death is not silent or beatific
he unfortunately had witnessed animals die lingering deaths
and while their inimitable pain threshold supersede mere mortal mans
they do not die stoically
nor with steadfast nongrimacing eyes
it is not that their horns or manes or canines disallowed
golden filigree halos from swallowing up the serene blue skies behind them
that there are not terror- and horror-stricken faces
raw that no mercy was bestowed
hopeless
the human animal dispossessed of hope will be as feral as any animal alive
their big brain cut away
their reptilian one though far punier shrieking in the same guttural voice
2050,
Twosday, 8 10. 12
