pissing in a graveyard
High above the names both
famous and domestic
taken all too young and
right up close against a
suitably obscuring
tree, I am relieved that
anybody around
to see is also a
good few years past caring.
High above the names both
famous and domestic
taken all too young and
right up close against a
suitably obscuring
tree, I am relieved that
anybody around
to see is also a
good few years past caring.
Lighter than air
is air itself
set fire.
Trusting ourselves
to not be burned
we stood
closer to one
another as
it turned
lighting the block
in bursts & gusts
of flame.
Defend O God that I beset this day
In many trials of my patience by
A lack of sleep and general ignorance
May not appear so slovenly before
My peers or strangers that they will suspect
The depths of my ineptitude and fear.
A stern schoolmaster is our God
A sour face and frowning.
He keeps us after class is done
Despite the bell that’s ringing.
And how unlike his son
Who knew how to have fun
Turned water into wine
And told jokes all the time:
Preserve O Lord our humor!
A contradiction is our God
At once divine and lowly.
He baffles philosophical thought
With one command most holy:
I tell you once for all
To love the Lord your God
Your neighbors as yourselves
And fear not death nor hell
And you will live forever!
If NPR’s
to be believed
the devil may
be in the de–
tails: but thanks to
contributions
from your local
station you can
hear it direct
from the horse’s
(sorry) from the
philosopher’s
mouth, expected
to announce this
evening that a
ceasefire has been
brokered between
forces hostile
to the very
meaning of the
word unique and
those who believe
that history is
just more of the
same. Agreed to
by the parties
are the following
articles in
outline to be
fleshed out at a
later date: that
the devil is
uncertainty,
our confidence
his enemy,
and a single–
minded purpose
is our greatest
strength. No flinching,
no concession
of lesser points
will be condoned
by leadership,
and no resort
will be made to
diplomatic
inquiry. But
holding fast to
the tenets of
the one true faith
we make our way:
Unity through
conversion is
to be preferred.
Despise the past,
doubt the future.
And keep in mind
at all times that
division is
of Man not God.
Single star of single stars
Ever turning in the dark
If it seems so hard tonight
Finding comfort in your light
After all we are as far
As four hundred lightyears apart