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# Amos' straw tax updated
O, my people, hear the sorrow of the <mark class="nameOfGod">Holy One</mark>
<span class="poetryIndent">“Divided and in denial
<p class="hangingIndent">O, my people, hear the sorrow of the <mark class="nameOfGod">Holy One</mark>
“Divided and in denial
with one set against the other
In the midst of your slow motion destruction
There is no one to call out ‘enough’”</span>
There is no one to call out ‘enough’”</p>
Hear the judgement of <mark class="nameOfGod">She who is Wisdom</mark>
<span class="poetryIndent">“Your piles of wealth, they will not save you
<p class="hangingIndent">Hear the judgement of <mark class="nameOfGod">She who is Wisdom</mark>
“Your piles of wealth, they will not save you
In those days, hate will be turned back to you
And those who have taken mother from child
will know what it is to mourn”</span>
will know what it is to mourn”</p>
This is what <mark class="nameOfGod">Mighty God</mark> says
<span class="poetryIndent">“Seek me and live
<p class="hangingIndent">This is what <mark class="nameOfGod">Mighty God</mark> says
“Seek me and live
don’t put your hope in AGI
don’t scroll your feed forever
for AGI will not save you
and you know your feed does not have the answer</span>
and you know your feed does not have the answer</p>
<span class="poetryIndent">Seek the <mark class="nameOfGod">God who saves</mark>
<p class="fullIndent">Seek the <mark class="nameOfGod">God who saves</mark>
or your society will be set to ruin
divided against itself, destruction will reign
and there will be no one left to put things right</span>
and there will be no one left to put things right</p>
<span class="poetryIndent">The <mark class="nameOfGod">Lord your God</mark> breathed life into you
<p class="fullIndent">The <mark class="nameOfGod">Lord your God</mark> breathed life into you
life and intelligence for all living beings
He set the electrons in their places
and wrote the rules by which they move amongst the atoms
However much you rearrange them, you cannot do more</span>
However much you rearrange them, you cannot do more</p>
<span class="poetryIndent">But you excel in injustice
<p class="fullIndent">But you excel in injustice
in hiding behind your creations
You deny healthcare to those who have paid insurance for it
And set the blame on the AI powered system you commissioned
Do you check your algorithm for bias
before you use it to keep people locked up?
The wealth you have built up will not be yours to enjoy
The power and prestige will not remain forever</span>
The power and prestige will not remain forever</p>
<span class="poetryIndent">You lay blame at the feet of those who shine light on this horror
<p class="fullIndent">You lay blame at the feet of those who shine light on this horror
You wield the courts like a weapon – the very place where justice should reign!
Your systems are used to spread nonsense and noise
You don’t care that hate, support for genocide, is making your money
You want it to be impossible to see the truth
And those who just need to get by, try to keep quiet
These are the days when evil is done in plain sight</span>
These are the days when evil is done in plain sight</p>
<span class="poetryIndent">Seek good and not evil, for that is the way to life
<p class="fullIndent">Seek good and not evil, for that is the way to life
<mark class="nameOfGod">She who is holy</mark> will walk with you
Return justice to the courts and set out on the path to ending oppression
<mark class="nameOfGod">She who saves</mark> may redeem you then</span>
<mark class="nameOfGod">She who saves</mark> may redeem you then</p>
_Styled after Amos 5:1-15_