The Credo by Michael Machicek
Inside this ragged shell
This broke down palace
I am that I am dwells
Just as the shaggy bear dwells
Within the craggy cave
If he were not in here
He would not speak out

As I have said, one day
The metamorphosis complete
I, Deus Ex Machicek
Having endured to my heart’s discontent
The cruelty, perversity, hatred, and discord
Enveloped in this atmosphere
will rise up

And this institution
With all its flaws and faults exposed
Will shatter and tumble in rubble around me as I stand

Victorious
Harmonious
Concordant
And righteous

Revealed in all my base and beautiful nakedness
As the one true believer.