True Confessions: I Meant to Say That

Sure I knew my numbers guys cooked the books to pump up our stock so we could get more bonuses

We were aware that we were sucking out everyone’s precious underground water for free, to waste

No, I’m not sorry I called you an overpaid, incompetent, quota-filling, untouchable under-performer

Well, we did realize that every untested chemical we put in our products could not be as safe as milk

I was indeed quite aware that on various occasions I had misstated facts and misrepresented myself

As they signed the contract I breathed a sigh of relief over the pertinent omissions in my sales talk

Even before we ratified that treaty we had already laid our plans to dishonestly circumvent its intent

Actually, our post-police shooting riot was more about free liquor & electronics than racial injustice

We really did just say anything we were told, without any qualms, if it just helped us win an election

I honestly stated that I was very eager to clear my name, but that I had No comment on the matter

You know that time I cursed you out? I still mean every single foul phrase - Exactly as I spoke then

Yes, I’m certain that Political Correctness is mere cover for the passive-aggressive, lazy & entitled

Sure I guiltlessly played the system I condemned for all it was worth and never even tried to repair it

I did question holding the door for equally-paid female co-workers leaving early again - For their kids

Yes, we admit that we are not scientists but we also declare their research inconclusive & inaccurate

I did not misspeak at all when I eloquently and emotionally defended my previous prevarications

It was not a setup when they caught me living large off the donations from my tearful non-profit

It absolutely was not merely a shameful & one-time only moral lapse to sell my influence to lobbyists

Nobody hacked my account to contain pictures of myself with those naked young altar boys

When they caught me doing drugs with prostitutes it wasn’t the first time and…I really loved it!

You bet I really mean it every time I laugh and say we should bomb the shit out of those damn ayrabs

We sure as hell should abolish the EPA and give over all federal lands to developers, drillers & ATVs

It was no oversight that BigAg destroyed the topsoil, polluted the waters & poisoned the songbirds

Yes, we fought removing brain-damaging mercury from coal plant emissions - To keep our profits up

Certainly we scorned as ignorant imbeciles, all those losers who bought our giant overpriced pickups

I knew my client was guilty of all charges but I still got him off on an inane technicality, for a fat fee

No, I mean it: You are slow, ignorant & nasty & totally deserving of your healthcare bankruptcy

We do actually believe that the best solution to gun violence is for everyone to be armed 24x7x365

I’ll even say it again, immigrants absolutely must learn English or provide their own damn translators

Let me repeat: the unintelligent & uneducated who bristle with canned attitudes are useless losers

I really do believe we are an exceptionist people, solely entitled to the phrase ‘God Bless America!’

We actually do push an inane lie that free market healthcare would compete for the old, sick & poor

Be advised: We are righteous about spying upon all of your private activities in absolute secrecy

You can be sure I did not mean a word of the apology I was forced to make for political correctness

We really do want a border wall & to deport the illegales even as we open our arms to all Latinos

Yes, we meant to call you Moochers while we demanded your vote to save you from the Libtards

The Way We Weren't

And, Unfortunately, it's not my legacy, either

Aware of the vast emptiness surrounding us, we carefully manage & protect our fragile life capsule

We all know we must preserve the complex and interrelated systems which support our very survival

All of us realize it took literally billions of years to prepare our life-sustaining travel environment

Everyone is aware how razor thin is the clear atmosphere that separates us from deadly empty space

No one would question protecting our finite and precious water stores from waste and pollution

Our children learn from tender ages of the incredible wonder of this tiny sphere that supports us

In preserving it, we know we protect ourselves, and yet, we know we are still fallible in this respect

Therefore, we monitor earthly systems with the same care we lavish upon our own tiny space probes

We orbit our sun as it moves around the Milky Way as it travels through a vast & expanding universe

Our duty is to ensure generations invisible in the future come to witness what we cannot now foresee

We would never dream of tinkering with the chemical composition of the only air we all must breath

Aware of the disastrous effects our own overpopulation would bring on, we self-regulate our numbers

No one would dream of sacrificing any of our finite resources just to turn a quick & one-time profit

Our free market does not permit consumer demand to drive fellow traveling species to extinction

In our economic model, profitability must always include environmental sustainability costs

We all know we cannot afford to choke ourselves to death upon our own wastes and emissions

Our oceans are not common spaces, open for everyone to foul and abuse without any responsibility

It would be unthinkable for anyone to mine precious metals using toxic chemicals & then walk away

Consumer water, energy and trash costs increase with their usage as economic disincentives

Manufacturers matter-of-factly take responsibility for their packaging as well as worn out products

War is not an option due to its horrible effects on every side’s one and only earthly survival shelter

Private citizens assiduously monitor vital local air, water & soil conditions, all around the globe

Knowing non-renewable petroleum-based plastics pose long-term threats, there is no such litter

Our forests are tended as carefully as our gardens & the deserts are as clean as our own backyards

Agriculture is not the province of greedy CEOs abusing H₂O, pesticides & fertilizer - Just for bonuses

Government doesn’t pay for diseases caused by chemical-laden food full of subsidized sugar & fat

Domestic animals are not factory input whose production wastes precious resources & fouls the earth

Our scientists are not ridiculed by politicians and their media for research contrary to corpro-donors

Anti-environmentalism is seen as a rare & bizarre form of suicidal tendency and treated accordingly

No Back-To-Nature movement will ever stir us, for we have never lost our place in the order of things

From an early age we are all aware of the finite provisions we carry with us on this cosmic journey

Thus, we carefully conserve wild places to preserve clean water, good air and a sustaining biome

We know we were not assigned to take dominion over all creation by a god of our own imagination

We don’t know if we possess eternal souls but realize that all creatures either do, or do not

None of us assign to His mysterious ways the lack of meaning for the tragic events that must occur

We all sense our capsule’s incredible tininess & fragility in the scale of the eternal infinite void