My Church

Our loose congregation
of gratuitous freaks and sinners
convenes every Thursday Eve
in a condemned tavern
deep in the urban wilderness

Prior to the evening's festivities

the Minister of Quasi Salvation
will creatively conduct

our version of vesper services

These rites will fit nicely

as a spiritual condom
to pre absolve

our scheduled debauchery
and protect we marginal souls

from scary eternal damnation

As an extra layer of pious protection

on Saturday for a slight fee

the man of the tattered cloth

will offer those soiled pilgrims

who went below and beyond

a very special blanket confession

to catch all those slippery transgressions

that may have fallen

between the pre absolution cracks

Truth Rules

 

Let's agree to be protective
over all matters subjective

We got that precious First Amendment
ensuring free speech after all

Even those with whom we disagree with
for views we may even find repugnant

In fact especially those whose opinions

may reside on the fringe minority

deserve the right to be heard

The free and open exchange of ideas

makes us all stronger

when all is said and done

But let's not add disinformation into the mix
especially when the lies are deliberate

Those who mislead with fabricated facts

and flood social media with contrived bullshit

only serve to muddy the waters

of intelligent contemplative discourse

These spinners of fraud have no business

being included in any discussions

Let's all agree

to let their toxic lies rot on the vine

Power Fucked

 

The giant is oblivious
to the sickening symphony
of bones crunching beneath his feet
since the great disparity
from squished victims
to his privileged consciousness
is such a massive distance

Because the beast is so
grotesquely large
it was decided by those
desperate for power
to put President Musk in charge
in the misguided hope
that such responsibility
would motivate the oligarch
to tread more lightly

Not likely

For you see

Egotistical

narcissistic Neo Nazis

don't relinquish

the power they paid for

before they have exacted

their pounds of peasant flesh