Американские боги

           IbelievethatthegreatestpoetsofthelastcenturywereEdithSitwellandDonMarquis,thatjadeisdrieddragonsperm,andthatthousandsofyearsagoinaformerlifeIwasaone-armedSiberianshaman.Ibelievethatmankind’sdestinyliesinthestars.IbelievethatcandyreallydidtastebetterwhenIwasakid,thatit’saerodynamicallyimpossibleforabumblebeetofly,thatlightisawaveandaparticle,thatthere’sacatinaboxsomewherewho’saliveanddeadatthesametime(althoughiftheydon’teveropentheboxtofeeditit’lleventuallyjustbetwodifferentkindsofdead),andthattherearestarsintheuniversebillionsofyearsolderthantheuniverseitself.IbelieveinapersonalgodwhocaresaboutmeandworriesandoverseeseverythingIdo.Ibelieveinanimpersonalgodwhosettheuniverseinmotionandwentofftohangwithhergirlfriendsanddoesn’tevenknowthatI’malive.Ibelieveinanemptyandgodlessuniverseofcausalchaos,backgroundnoiseandsheerblindluck.Ibelievethatanyonewhosaysthatsexisoverratedjusthasn’tdoneitproperly.Ibelievethatanyonewhoclaimstoknowwhat’sgoingonwilllieaboutthelittlethingstoo.Ibelieveinabsolutehonestyandsensiblesociallies.Ibelieveinawoman’srighttochoose,ababy’srighttolive,thatwhileallhumanlifeissacredthere’snothingwrongwiththedeathpenaltyifyoucantrustthelegalsystemimplicitly,andthatnoonebutamoronwouldevertrustthelegalsystem.