Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

All that money wasted on another crazy space trip when so many people here on earth can’t afford water, food, or shelter.

After all, politicians have been promising to return us to the glory, wealth, and order of the twentieth century ever since I can remember.

This was published in 1993 🫠

I’m still learning how dogged people can be in denial, even when their freedom or their lives are at stake.

Embrace diversity. Unite— Or be divided, robbed, ruled, killed By those who see you as prey. Embrace diversity Or be destroyed.