Postmodernisms Rituals
Postmodernist: I am the very model of postmodernisms rituals My world is made of language reinforced by strong habituals - Theres nothing really out there, and theres no one who exists for me And any people hearing this are other solipsists for me. The world is in my head, I dont believe in physicality; I brilliantly create it all with magical reality, Rejecting all experience with mystical depravity Ignoring Alan Sokals twenty-storey test of gravity. Chic Chorus: Ignoring Alan Sokals twenty-storey test of gravity. Ignoring Alan Sokals twenty-storey test of gravity. Ignoring Alan Sokals twenty-storey test of gravity. Postmodernist: It used to be that science was the tool for every liberal To use to show that kings and priests were selling mystic gibberal, But now we want our new-age crystal-gazing fuddy-duddying Not lectures, labs, experiments, or - goddess save us! - studying. Chic Chorus: But now we want our new-age crystal-gazing fuddy-duddying Not lectures, labs, experiments, or - goddess save us! - studying. Postmodernist: Postmodern art is anything an artist may assert it is; It isnt hard to see what kind of formless blowhard blurt it is. Where nothings good or bad theres only infinite variety: Your deepest held belief is someone elses impropriety. And even thats not really real, your brain is just achieving it Through language, fear, and habit, and believing in believing it - Which means respect the rules of which each local god has sent a list: You cannot be postmodern if youre not a fundamentalist. Chic Chorus: You cannot be postmodern if youre not a fundamentalist. You cannot be postmodern if youre not a fundamentalist. You cannot be postmodern if youre not a fundamentalist. Postmodernist: We dont distinguish good from bad we cant be preferentialist - And sneer at beauty, justice, truth, and balance as essentialist. Reality is all made up, and truths a triviality, And science isnt anything but jumped-up mysticality. Chic Chorus: Reality is all made up, and truths a triviality, And science isnt anything but jumped-up mysticality. Postmodernist: When I can claim theres no there there, it isnt verifiable Which means that any claim that I put forwards undeniable; When I can claim that making claims is meaningless is meaningless - As if to try to sanitize a hospital by cleaning less; When all I need to do is spout some double talk for victory By claiming contradiction is itself a contradictory, When all that science claims is that its merely hypothetical Then heresy is always truth and every truth heretical! Chic Chorus: Then heresy is always truth and every truth heretical! Then heresy is always truth and every truth heretical! Then heresy is always truth and every truth heretical! Postmodernist: And so therefore weve cleared away the sciences dementedness, And we are left to celebrate our contentless contentedness: Our world is made of language reinforced by strong habituals - We are the very models of postmodernisms rituals. Chic Chorus: Our world is made of language reinforced by strong habituals - We are the very models of postmodernisms rituals. |
Read his account of the hoax with which he discomfited the high priests of postmodernism. |
Marcus Bales
If you have any comments on this poem, Marcus Bales would be pleased to hear from you.