REVERSE CREATION                               REVERSE CREATION
In the end, man destroyed the heaven that      In the end, man destroyed the heaven that
was called earth.                              was called earth.
The earth had been beautiful until the         The earth had been beautiful until the
spirit of man moved over it and destroyed      spirit of man moved over it and destroyed
all things.                                    all things.
And man said, "Let there be darkness !º'       And man said, "Let there be darkness !º'
And there was darkness.                        And there was darkness.
And man lived in the darkness; so he called    And man lived in the darkness; so he called
the darkness "security."                       the darkness "security."
And he divided himself into races and          And he divided himself into races and
religions and classes of society.              religions and classes of society.
And there was no evening and no morning        And there was no evening and no morning
on the seventh day before the end.             on the seventh day before the end.
And man said, "Let there be a strong           And man said, "Let there be a strong
government to control us in our darkness;      government to control us in our darkness;
let there be armies to control                 let there be armies to control
our bodies, so that we may learn to kill one   our bodies, so that we may learn to kill one
another neatly and efficiently in our          another neatly and efficiently in our
darkness." And there was no                    darkness." And there was no
evening and no morning on the sixth day        evening and no morning on the sixth day
before the end.                                before the end.
And man said, "Let there be rockets and        And man said, "Let there be rockets and
bombs to kill faster and easier;               bombs to kill faster and easier;
let there be gas chambers and furnaces to      let there be gas chambers and furnaces to
be more thorough."                             be more thorough."
And there was no evening and no morning        And there was no evening and no morning
on the fifth day before the end.               on the fifth day before the end.
And man said, "Let there be drugs and          And man said, "Let there be drugs and
other forms of escape,                         other forms of escape,
for there is this constant annoyance --        for there is this constant annoyance --
reality -- which is disturbing our comfort.    reality -- which is disturbing our comfort.
And there was no evening                       And there was no evening
and no morning on the fourth day before        and no morning on the fourth day before
the end.                                       the end.
And man said, "Let there be divisions          And man said, "Let there be divisions
among the nations, so that we may know         among the nations, so that we may know
who is our common enemy."                      who is our common enemy."
And there was no evening and no morning       And there was no evening and no morning
on the third day before the end.              on the third day before the end.
And finally man said, "Let us create God in   And finally man said, "Let us create God in
our image;                                    our image;
let some other god compete with us.           let some other god compete with us.
Let us say that God thinks as we think,       Let us say that God thinks as we think,
hates as we hate,                             hates as we hate,
and kills as we kill."                        and kills as we kill."
And there was no morning and no evening       And there was no morning and no evening
on the second day before the end.             on the second day before the end.
And on the last day, there was a great        And on the last day, there was a great
noise on the face of the earth.               noise on the face of the earth.
Fire consumed the beautiful globe, and        Fire consumed the beautiful globe, and
there was . silence.                          there was . silence.
The blackened earth now rested,               The blackened earth now rested,
to worship the one true God.                  to worship the one true God.
And God saw all that man had done,            And God saw all that man had done,
and in the silence over the smoldering        and in the silence over the smoldering
ruins,                                        ruins,
he wept.                                      he wept.