Like a poem? The problem with
Exceptionalism is
Not its exceptional part.
It’s its essentialism.
Essentialism’s problem
Is not with essence. It’s that,
If it’s truly essential,
It needs something unchanging,
And there are no such somethings,
Only nothing’s unchanging.
Exceptional things flourish,
Wither, perish, and vanish,
As all exceptional parts,
Extraordinary aspects
Of exceptional things do.
Even a miracle would
Cease to be a miracle
Once it happened more than once,
Even once it was confirmed.
The rarest accomplishments
Are merely phenomena
That happened once they’ve happened,
And everything’s like a poem.
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