#title Non Serviam #subtitle (to be read horizontally & vertically) #author John G. Rodwan, Jr. #SORTauthors John G. Rodwan, Jr.; #date 2024 #source [[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/415-summer-2024-2/non-serviam]] #lang en #pubdate 2024-08-20 #notes Fifth Estate #415, Summer 2024 Not going to do it Or even pretend. . Go to church and swear Obedience to inscrutable Deities whose very existence Strains credulity? . Not going to do it Or even pretend. . Made-up stories starring Anthropomorphic, jealous Super-creatures with Terrible tempers Earn nothing from Reasonable people but Scorn and derision. John G. Rodwan, Jr., essayist and poet, lives in Detroit.