"hon, just remember the lord ain't gonna
give you nothin you can't handle!"
an interesting philosophy
something to snuggle up with by the fireplace
covered in soft cashmere
hair combed
teeth whitened
smelling of gardenias
this theory
this manner of determining how much shit one person can endure
a choir singing exemptions for social responsibility
a sweet honey of apathy
"i will be praying for you"
"it's just a test of faith"
"the glory of god on high"
lighting candles
kneeling
rubbing rosary beads until fingertips blister
acceptable incantations in ritual
absorbed consumed metabolized
"i believe in god, the father"
"full of grace"
"hail, mary, the lord is with thee"
blessed martyrs
blah the poor
friday's fish and sunday's hangover
the embodiment of god's grace
wearing rings of gold and chunks of teeth
the invisible palms of the omnipotent
throwing humanity under the bus
the new ra-horakhty living suspended
in the sky of the western horizon
refusing to mingle with the commoners
above
aloof
standoffish
hosting the dinner party
but refusing to welcome the guests at the door
only coming down to kick 'em in the ass on the way out
with a wink and nod
big brass bands
wide staircases of marble
walls dripping scarlet velvet
not really the place for street rats and gutter trash
squatters without water
those that can remind those that can't
sitting above it all sipping cognac
those of us not engulfed in holy flames
meager beggars at the door of heaven's mansion
guardian angels on your shoulder
-grace