I AM GOD by Giacomo Sartori

“I am God.

I am God, and I have no need to think. Up to now I’ve never thought, and I’ve never felt the need, not in the slightest.
The reason human beings are in such bad way is because they think; thought is by definition sketchy and imperfect–and misleading.
A god does not think–that’s the last thing we need!

A good many human beings believe God’s at their service. 
Billions of them, even the most dismal failures, the least presentable, bask in the ludicrous conviction that God has nothing better to do than indulge their petty, insignificant point of view, see the universe from their perspective.
It would be doable. But I don’t do it.
A god must keep his distance, if only to maintain his image and avoid spreading himself too thin. But also to allow each of them to show what he or she is worth morally.

Most things (wo)men do are peculiarly in accord with the way they like to be seen.
They spend most of their time misleading, pretending, feigning, and dissimulating.
Truth is, every human being is a shrewd professional liar, a seasoned actor capable of great performances.
Every species has a specialty; theirs is charlatanism.
In short, they were created defective, and things have only gone downhill with time.

I have to admit, though, at times they’re entertaining. Not that a god needs amusement, God forbid, but these clowns are so full of themselves, they’re such hucksters, so reliably unpredictable, immoral, and nuts that anyone observing them is soon transfixed. 
They’re devious, like television: you end up glued to the screen even if you’re not interested, even when you know it’s just an indiscriminate ploy to grab your attention. 
Lucky for them they have no competition.
There’s not a single form of organic matter in the entire universe that even faintly matches their sly industriousness, ubiquitous meddling, clumsy-but-cunning illogic, their skill at getting something out of every new situation.”

Publisher: RESTLESS BOOKS BROOKLYN, NY, 2016
(translated from the Italian by Frederika Randall)