23/04/2026
A Rejection Letter
(Poetry by Swati Prakash)
I do not care for
The News
Full of violence
And human politics
Where unconscious masses
Elect the most arrogant
Amongst us as leaders
In order to drop bombs
On poor children
Because we were once too
Born here in this senseless world
Against our wishes
Just because parents
Wanted to copy their DNA
With not much else to give us
So they sent us to schools
If we were lucky
That taught us how to
Earn small bits of money by doing jobs
That we didn't even like
Spending all of our lives in
School uniforms and then offices
So that we could pay off loans
After learning complex formulas
That we would never use
Because the main aim was
To get us married and breed
Producing more kids for office training
To create more economic capital
For the rich to blow away in all these wars
Yes, I hated in school
The history of wars
And the geography of
Imperial colonisation
Of Moguls and Whites
And their cruel empires
I no longer believe
These education systems
That spread 'white' lies of Omnivorism
And never let us play in nature
Or learn to respect freedom of all life
Or even to live freely
And No, I do not respect
Cultures and religions
Imposing over free minds
Terrorising us witches burnt at stake
Drowned and hanged
All for even trying to take charge
Of our own fate
Your religions killed magick
Because they wanted to dominate
They did not like us
They seek dumb slaves
Not wise witches
We are not in demand
Because I know you are afraid of being Powerful
Because it is so much easier to be weak
Full of temptations to follow
And it is so much more difficult to lead
A life that is deep
So superficial glamour is deep faked
By hot AI influencers
Who make money
I care two hoots about
The secret life of these celebrities
Who are billionnaires
Born of Hollywood, Bollywood
And their same old songs and stories
With Vampires and demonic beings
Added for special effects
Because we already have enough demons
Walking around everyday like fools
On dirty streets of every town and city
Lined with restaurants that serve baby ribs
To serve mentally ill primates called Humans