Holy spinning heads
\nAt the pulpit
\nPractice nothing
\nAnd they follow:
\nBlind to notions
\nNot their own
\nFrom planted heads.
\nTheirs is a world
\nWith no reality;
\nA tripping image
\nOf typeset words:
\nA belief in belief,
\nA faith in nothing.<\/p>\n
Bash my brains
\nOn permalum walls,
\nResounding and denting,
\nAchieving nothing!
\nRaise his hand
\nTo a stronger light:
\nA floodlight!
\nIs the power on?<\/p>\n
Golden goblets and
\nGowns of silk
\n“Give generously . . .
\n. . . We’re poor!”
\nReverend hypocrite
\nStanding at the pulpit,
\nLeading the way for
\nPew upon pew
\nOf vacant bodies
\nIn a lip service
\nMimic game.
\nSee them stand and sit
\nAnd kneel and bless
\nAnd chant
\nAnd think of sand and beach
\nAnd dinner.<\/p>\n
Bash my brains
\nOn permalum walls,
\nResounding and denting,
\nAchieving nothing!
\nRaise his hand
\nTo a stronger light:
\nA floodlight!
\nIs the power on?<\/p>\n
Not open minded;
\nClosed to realities
\nUnseen by eyes.
\nHiding insecurities;
\nBury themselves in
\nWorthless trivia.<\/p>\n
What’s a lifetime
\nTo an eternity?<\/p>\n
Nothing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Holy spinning heads
At the pulpit
Practice nothing
And they follow:
Blind to notions
Not their own
From planted heads.
Theirs is a world
With no reality;
A tripping image
Of typeset words:
A belief in belief,
A faith in nothing.<\/p>\n
Bash my brains
On permalum walls,
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