New Age Angst Poem

[anirbas]

Drowned in the deluge
of the New Age's so called
life and times

Inundated
with mudslide emotions
that threaten the balance

Sickened by politicians'
jive talking and double entendre
while teenagers die before they graduate...

Church raids the hen house minds
of the simplest of people believe
in me I'll get you through the Pearly Gates

There is no heaven people save the one wiped
out when ICE kicked in the door
deported a parent but not a criminal...

Twisted lizards with strange dark egos
living in the White House, running the country
As long as they get theirs fuck you, you and me.

I can't believe I've lived long enough
to see the past becoming the present
next thing you know there will be

Strange dark fruit hanging
from the trees also known
as young, dead black men

[phantasm]

The Human race needs renewal, regeneration

But so many of the old guard are fighting the change

We need to learn to think new thoughts-- that is our chief tool of salvation

But how do we do that in a world mired in the thinking of the old guard?

New systems of thought arise to fight for their share of the Human race

But anything less than 50 years old gets derided, people say, terrified, "It's a cult!"

Even if it's a benign Bible study for teenagers

Why can't we judge ideas on their merits, instead of on who the messenger is?

What if Jesus himself descended from Heaven? If he said, "You guys, stop shooting each other.

Sell your guns and buy bouquets of flowers," who would do what he said?

[aims]

not many Phantasm, not many, sadly!