HARK!
For God is love
and beauty
and peace
and goodness
too
so sings
the maggot
chorus
feasting
on
the scabs
of starving children
in far-off lands,
neither here,
nor near,
so never fear
such mere abstractions
and yet...
what's so clear
before our eyes
(look around!)
is God's redeeming love
and sublime creation
SO MUCH LOVE!
I feel it in my aching heart
when my belly is stuffed
and my bed warm
for surely all's well
when my accounts swell
and my house
is a happy home
with manicured lawn
and two-car garage
WHY
YES
INDEED
I proclaim once more
all's well in the world
MY WORLD
anyway;
yours can go to hell,
because what are
you to me
after
all,
but mere
abstraction?
and so I offer
THANKSGIVING!
For God is love
and grace
and mercy
and kindness
too
say it now
for you know it's true
that right this minute
some holy chorus
made in God's image
sings its decadent song
before gorging
on the carcass
of some
gentle
little
creature
of God
AMEN!
but have no fear
this is how it should be
this is the way of the world,
so as long as we're fed,
let's rejoice in fellowship,
snuggled safely in
this warm and peaceful feeling
bathed in platitudes
posing as wisdom
as we chosen ones
revel in
the Holy Spirit
do you feel it
do you feel it DO YOU FEEL IT
brothers and sisters?
HALLELUJAH!
Praise be to
God on the highest
for granting us
this boon
this largesse
this fridge full of shit
kept far away
from danger
we are
(and maggots too)
nestled safely in
this septic heaven
(or anti-septic hell)
of stainless steel
and glowing screens
where abundance
dulls the mind
and pixels
warp the vision
tricking us to embrace
the damning error
of believing that
God is Love
Only