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You spineless nincompoops. You can’t beat death. You can’t beat death
and you’re gonna fuckin die. We’re all gonna die. We’re not here to die,
but we’re going to die. There are no magic words to beat death.
There’s no cosmic please-and-thank-you. There’s no Santa Claus God
waiting to grant you wishes, or post-suicide-bomb virgins, or a special
Mormon heaven just for the Mormons, or a special Catholic heaven
for the keepers of the True Faith, or anything, or anything,
or anything at all. You’re gonna fuckin die and you don’t know
what happens next.

That’s the truth.

If anything happens next. If nothing happens next. You’ve never
talked to anybody who’s come back. You’ve heard a story. A very
compelling story. A story so compelling it spread like wildfire
in the pre-literate, pre-scientific world. The story is not all bunk.
There are pieces of the story that purport to direct human behavior
that are worth listening to. The Golden Rule didn’t come from
more than one religious tradition on accident. Be kind. Be caring.
Love each other. These are noble principles. These are worth
our efforts, worth our every ounce of humanity.

But the truth of your place in the Cosmos is something so ineffable
you can’t contemplate it. If there is a God, you don’t think
like It. If there isn’t, you can’t fathom why. You’re gonna die,
and you’re gonna die, and you’re gonna die, and you’re gonna die,
so you damn well better live the life you believe in living
before you get there.

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from AAX​-​169 : A View From the Pews, released July 30, 2021

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Auris Apothecary is a Midwestern publisher of limited edition experimental audio/visual media from artists located around the world.

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