You’re an Idiot

Listen – can you hear it? Listen – strain your ears – can you hear them? Can you hear what they’re saying? You’re an idiot – that’s what they’re saying. You’re an idiot.

Idiot – is that it? Idiot – is that what they’re saying? You can hear them, can’t you? You can hear what they’re saying, can’t you? It’s echoing everywhere. It’s whispering in the wind. Idiot. You’re an idiot.

Everything is telling you this. The stars are telling you this. The full moon is telling you this. The earth, rolling into morning, the silent trees over the houses, the cars parked in the cul-de-sac – it’s the same in each case, the same being said in each case. You’re an idiot.

You’re an idiot, that’s what they’re saying. You’re an idiot: whispered in the night hush. You’re an idiot: the birds who sing by the streetlights. You’re an idiot: it’s cosmic. The universe knows it. Everything knows it and it was known from the first: you’re an idiot.