home Poem List next poem Double Speak It would seem that religious guilt has arrived As christian presidents blame for the kill Those whose minds they would mold because these thrived Under other systems of law and will National danger was the rationale For declaring war with wide destructions Breaking the back of resistance thru hell By burning and smashing all obstructions Rebuilding nationalist perspectives Of other peoples whose favors fate sought Accordingly their gods were selective That they live unless by us they are caught In the grasp of our sober bayonets Such a tragedy that gods chose their side For their gods will die like porpoise in nets When we reach out to catch their darker pride Place their evil in one bucket of life Mix in their godheads for analysis Poke at their hearts, let their gods see their strife Will gods overcome their paralysis Probably not, as priests abandon flocks Morality dies like ill watered vines Religions fail behind history's clocks Wallowing with blood cult wafers in wines (c)ERA 01:02 AM 2/25/03