We are the wood people... (Popol Vuh response)

So, these Mayans... whew. They sure did know how to put on a good show. All those Gods, clashing, and fighting; it's no wonder their society didn't make it. The basics of the Popol Vuh are this, make humans, get praised. This was quite a problem for the Mayan Gods, and their efforts failed time and time again.

The first of their failures was not in the success of the creation of life, but rather in the details. For their creations were just as they had intended. They were and are the animals that surround us. Yet even as the almighty Gods were genius enough to create life, they failed to give the animals language. In their haste they failed. For their inadequacies the animals would for the rest of eternity, be food.

Next, the Gods thought it appropriate to make their follow-up human out of mud. Yes... Mud. To no surprise, this effort failed very quickly. Without the ability to hold form or shape, these mud creatures collapsed and fell to the ground. They too, could not speak after they soaked the water from the earth. This is all not to mention, they didn't have any brains!

The final effort, before their supposed success, was the people made of wood. The story goes on to say that the people made of wood were given life by the Gods, and went forth and multiplied. They however, were without souls according to the Gods, and they forgot their creators. They did not speak their praise. For this, they were without use to the Gods, and so they too would be cursed. They were struck down and burned. They died in bountiful numbers, and according to leggend, those that survived went to the forests and inhabited the trees.

The story of creation in Popol Vuh goes on to say that the creation of man was, at long last, finally successful. I'm not so sure.

If you ask me, those wood people are still around. Living among us. The drones. The subordinate ass kissers. The lifeless robot people that act, and do without forethought or care. They plague us still. They are a part of our past, our presidencies and our future. They ravage our televisions with the filth of the garden state and the Palin-ution of Alaska. They are the wood people. They are still here.