when destitution permeates society people seek out and believe whatever false hope is preached by charlatans who offer up empty dreams designed to make themselves rich
please stay
in
your
designated line
divine blessings
on
earth
are allotted
according to
your position
in line
but
rest assured
that
you’ll
be
given
a fair share
of
life’s bounty
upon
your souls passing
into
the chimeric promised land
a sure guarantee
from those
who
oppressed you
during
your time
on
earth
although the names change they all share common tenets first deny what’s real then accept the written word given by an unseen god an unseen god that only has private briefings with select prophets who were moved to write his words in order to save us all that is all that will not question what’s been written and of course provide for the prophet’s earthly needs as down payment towards heaven
you sing hallelujah from oaken pews each sunday joining the choir’s exaltations to the endless void of death never questioning the promise of mercy for all sins but what of those of omission children left homeless and affection starved victims of war and political egos stripped naked of humanity left without the shroud of dignity and in your chosen blindness you pray for souls that you shun each day of the week crossing streets to avoid exposing your sins those crosses you chose not to bear
the chamber’s littered with charred bones and melted gold wealth of the nation abstracted from its people solely for a few’s pleasure but fools won’t complain they believe their battles won but the gold’s been cast into their final death masks poured over their moral souls stealing their last breath branding their souls with their greed leaving sunken eyes empty of tomorrow’s hope like rats on a sinking ship
to some the almighty is a bobbing head on a dashboard accompanied by a string of artificial pearls suspending a wholesale gold plated man made representation of the divine a modern day version of the biblical golden calf depending on which wine inspired text you’ve read but putting that aside the drive by religious blessors tabulating televangelist who’ve found gold now find sin far more acceptable including that of a national rapist adulterer and liar as long as their financials continue to look good prayer book partiers who encourage you to tune in while they tune out the true message but you should stay tuned judgement day of some sort or another is bound to happen
Read Between the Minds 