When they ask,
Tell them
Tell them I was radicalized
by the King James Bible
When they ask,
Tell them
Tell them I was radicalized
by half-remembered stories of spirits in the forest
When they ask,
Tell them I was radicalized
by the Vedas
When they ask,
Tell them I was radicalized
by TE Lawrence, Malcolm X, and Stanley McChrystal
When they ask,
Tell them I was radicalized
by the Constitution of the United States of America
When they ask,
Tell them I was radicalized
by Tolkien, Lao Tzu, and Nietzsche
When they ask,
Tell them I was radicalized
by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dwayne McDuffie
When they ask,
Tell them I was radicalized
by Counter-Strike, Starcraft, and Baldur’s Gate
When they ask,
Tell them I was radicalized
by Adhan, Bugle Calls, and the Sun
When they ask,
Tell them I was radicalized
by Mishima, Gwern, and my mother’s belt
When they ask
Tell them
I was perfectly
Normal