now
i’m not one
to
gossip
and
spread
unfounded rumors
but
just yesterday
while
waiting
for
church to start
i happened
to
overhear
that
one of our
local politicians
had
suffered an
untimely
death
seems
he visited
the wilderness area
he was
so opposed to
and
suffered a
debilitating
injury
honey
that just means
he couldn’t walk
anyway
he called 911
and
they sent out
a couple of paramedics
his exwife
was one of them
well
when they got there
they started in with their
professional questions
name and such
and when
they got to his age
he said
sixty-five
honey
he’s 80
if
he’s a day
well
his dear exwife
said
since this is
federal land
and
protected by
the antiquities act
all
they could do
was to take
his photo
so they did
and
left him there
lord
didn’t it
get cold last night
political hackers bending laws exploiting flaws words twisted into new codes that mold lies and fears into for-profit-ventures like televangelists’ sermons funding carnal pleasures with nonredeemable promises
for years mary lou worked for the town’s only doctor’s wife taking care of her children preparing meals cleaning her house and ushering away the numerous gin bottles scattered all over the house like dust bunnies so the good doctor wouldn’t find them but this refined lady let mary lou go saying women like her needed one of those foreign housekeepers not just an old colored lady so mary lou let go too of all those well-kept secrets all over town
the keys to hell have been placed outside your door an express delivery no signature needed your life has certified the delivery good news is you’ve been given a room with a view where you can watch the living hell you’ve created for others but the bad news is you’ll feel their pain
and when your dead ancestor doesn’t answer your prayers who will you find to guide your faith will you accept each agnostic word heard from the pulpit tho dissonant with what you know to be true or will you search the internet for a new gospel one that feeds into your lust and desires or makes you superior to another proving that god is only on your side and thus the divine will willingly accept the assassination of your foes by your hand a convenient theme used throughout history so why shouldn’t you use it for there’s nothing that can’t be justified with proper editing or interpretation of god’s words anyway you’ve always thought there should be a rewrite effectively substantiating what you believe should have been written in the first place
what is the line between cruelty and kindness how is it that the same people who are offered blessings by some are easily murdered by others who have no compassion in their eyes just loathing sadly humans see what they believe
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