System at a Fault, 6: Sheol by The-Orifice-Oracle, literature
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System at a Fault, 6: Sheol
Humanity once ripped at the roots of their own salvation,
Because submissiveness and passivity are intrinsic to human creation.
But this is the true end of the humane,
For no longer will we be subjugated to misery and pain;
And no longer will we toil under the sun in vain.
Humanity’s shackles have been removed,
Their vying for liberation approved.
No longer will we be programmed like a machine
To blindly sacrifice all that we’ve gleaned;
We now glow, enlightened by a magnificent sheen.
Humans have won back their original form,
Once lost to the impossibly high standards and norms.
They have learned the meaning of true existenc
System at a Fault, 5: Abaddon by The-Orifice-Oracle, literature
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System at a Fault, 5: Abaddon
His tyrannical grasp yet-resisted,
The cancer of God exists
As a silent village in the mist:
Hidden away by fate
And spared from the fiery gates.
But even having escaped God’s discernment,
Humanity is doomed to internment;
By devilish decree, their true release has met adjournment.
As brainwashed citizens erect temples of idolization,
Detractors painted their actions as abhorrent adulation.
The lone apostate’s preaching spread like illness,
And those craving knowledge and closure gleefully sing with shrillness;
They, too, had grown tired of living in repugnant stillness.
Heretical doctrines make the witches smirk,
As seasons
System at a Fault, 4: Styx by The-Orifice-Oracle, literature
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System at a Fault, 4: Styx
Is this the will of God?
That death and misery be spread abroad?
And after all this, He still paints us flawed?
He ups and abandons us,
Allowing us to suck our own pus?
How disgustingly irrational and rash,
Pouring salt over your own child’s gash
And leaving them to die in this storm of ash.
And for what?
Because we brought “reproach” and “smut?”
A path of life, liberty and happiness we lit;
Endured hardships together to weave our gorgeous knit...
What bullshit.
Selfishly demanding willing worship and grand shrines…
God’s no friend of mine.
And in His leave,
Humanity has tugged at Lucifer’
System at a Fault, 3: Hades by The-Orifice-Oracle, literature
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System at a Fault, 3: Hades
What unholy curse
Could’ve tainted this universe?
I see murderers roaming the street,
Dirty peasants tending the wheat,
And conniving capitalists cheat.
The pregnant woman begs,
Thrashing in life’s dregs.
The homeless revel in their gin,
Basking in the bar’s garish din;
Willing servants to the desire of their skin.
The prostitutes sing their song:
“To me you now belong.”
Bloodthirsty warriors gloat
As the meek claw at their trash-choked throats;
Lies were all the slanderous author wrote.
Catatonic zealots without the spark of life
Bring praise and glory to the new god, clad in strife.
Trudging listlessly i
System at a Fault, 2: Purgatorium by The-Orifice-Oracle, literature
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System at a Fault, 2: Purgatorium
The ultimate outcome of God’s foiled reign,
Or a product of Mother Earth’s grain?
The fact remains that this is the end of the humane.
The end of the world approached
Just as men on God’s name once encroached.
Out of the deep black void came:
Roaring, scorching, torrential flame,
Stigmatizing the son of man with the ultimate shame.
And on that day,
Mother Earth was cast into the gray.
Washed in oceans of ash and dust,
Metropolises were left to rust
A symbol of man’s once-glory, they were abandoned with disgust.
Amidst panic and confusion,
The harsh reality destroyed hopeful illusion after illusion.
And once the d
System at a Fault, 1: Paradise by The-Orifice-Oracle, literature
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System at a Fault, 1: Paradise
Come to the underground,
Where the severed tongues make sound,
And those once lost are found.
Mother Earth loved humans so much
As to bless us with her bountiful touch.
This is the true paradigm of what humanity can bring:
Time flows, yet the waters of life still spring,
And we are not hindered by bondage’s sting.
The economy soars just as birds as they fly,
The air lifts as the meek child coos in his mother’s eye.
Myriads of grain grace the lush countryside,
Delivering satisfaction and happiness worldwide
And sweeping hunger into nonexistence’s tide.
Modern medicine’s wonders have produced its fruit,
Leaving sick
Death dies in the end,
When even time cannot mend,
And your ashes mix with that of a dear friend.
As the trends slowly unwind,
And governments are in a bind;
Our fate has been signed.
People cling to their God,
Hoping to find shelter underneath the wings of the flawed,
Only to realize it’s all just a fraud.
They walk by faith,
But pray to the wraith.
United by faith they may stand,
But the true holy land
Is under the government’s brand.
Exploiting the people’s belief,
They dispense fake relief,
And spit upon the weak wallowing in their grief.
But everything must finish life’s race;
Everything must fall from grace
Destiny willed that humanity would find nothing but dust and thorns amidst the squall.
From the tree’s hollow we crawled;
The truth of our origins we’re forced to haul.
Finding comfort among the mass,
Together, we choked on reality’s toxic gas.
Stripped of all identity,
We melded into one entity
And united, we breathed in serenity.
I once realized that I, too, was part of the flies
Only to be drowned out by the deafening roar of their cries:
Hymns praising our "divine" defendant,
Portrayed resplendent and transcendent,
Ringing from the mouth of my descendant.
But the truth
Is never pure in the eye of the sleuth.
I was
(The World) Belongs to Him by The-Orifice-Oracle, literature
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(The World) Belongs to Him
The door was locked tight. It wasn’t moving anytime soon without a key or a good kick. Towels and even toilet paper were stuffed in the bottom gap. The Parents were thoughtful enough to include a separate bathroom for me, The Child. Nevertheless, the stomach-churning stench of meat slipped through the cracks and assaulted The Child’s nostrils. My nostrils.
Everyday. Day in, day out. A daily occurrence.
It began manageable enough. Just around six o’clock, what would be dinner time for some. There used to be some consistency; not to mention a friendly reminder: The Father, roaring back to his abode in his shit-box. He always
It's a Wonderful Life by The-Orifice-Oracle, literature
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It's a Wonderful Life
I lay motionless, my back propped up against the head of the bed. The linen sheets were soiled with a mixture of blood, urine, and fecal matter. The cam was still recording, its glaring red light burrowing deep into my eyes. The pain was extraordinary, but the fact that my assistant hadn’t bailed already was a vital source of comfort. I wasn’t alone.
I couldn’t speak, but I could very well imagine my obituary as much as taste the paper on my lips. Water sprang from my mouth at the thought of eating once again, and it stung the core of my infected tongue. I tried to dispel it, but I couldn’t resist. There went my daily