spare change crosses and the miracle of overindulgence

By anathema

people
worship
a different type
of God

money doesn't mean everything
it is
everything
it offers hope
the promise of something
better
worshippers believe
it will make them
into the person
they wish to be
i think
it will turn them into
the person
they most dislike
as they
build
shopping cart steeples
on the churches
of
greed

i always found it
interesting
the sermons
on how
worldly goods
mean nothing
right before
they pass
the collection plate

buy
your way to
the Divine

did you hear?
i think they're having
a sale
on
salvation

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Copyright 2003 *anathema*
Published on Thursday, July 24, 2003.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Reefer_rave On Friday, September 14, 2007, Reefer_rave (146)By person wrote:

    I wonder what eles you can buy..

  • A former member wrote: Very nicely written.

  • AshtrayDirt On Sunday, February 29, 2004, AshtrayDirt (31)By person wrote:

    i like this much. the shopping cart line is very nice. you speak of a truth i'm glad someone else has figured. The last line is beautiful.

  • Forever Cold On Saturday, August 2, 2003, Forever Cold (33)By person wrote:

    very well written, you have quite a way in provoking the mind

  • Chalin On Thursday, July 31, 2003, Chalin (16)By person wrote:

    "shopping cart steeples on the churches of greed..." I love that line. Very impressive social commentary.

  • CharlottesWeb On Thursday, July 24, 2003, CharlottesWeb (511)By person wrote:

    Interesting! If I was rich...I would build myself my very own super gym so I could get in great shape...then go bum around Europe! hehehe. Salvation?...bah who needs it. hehe~~~

  • Clementine On Thursday, July 24, 2003, Clementine (121)By person wrote:

    wait till it happens to you

  • Clementine On Thursday, July 24, 2003, Clementine (121)By person wrote:

    one time i sold salvation, and i got a subpoena

  • anathema On Thursday, July 24, 2003, anathema (50)By person wrote:

    ::laughs::

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