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.
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On Friday, September 14, 2007, Reefer_rave
(146) wrote:
I wonder what eles you can buy..
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A former member wrote:
Very nicely written.
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On Sunday, February 29, 2004, AshtrayDirt
(31) 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.
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On Saturday, August 2, 2003, Forever Cold
(33) wrote:
very well written, you have quite a way in provoking the mind
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On Thursday, July 31, 2003, Chalin
(16) wrote:
"shopping cart steeples on the churches of greed..." I love that line. Very impressive social commentary.
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On Thursday, July 24, 2003, CharlottesWeb
(511) 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~~~
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On Thursday, July 24, 2003, Clementine
(121) wrote:
wait till it happens to you
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On Thursday, July 24, 2003, Clementine
(121) wrote:
one time i sold salvation, and i got a subpoena
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On Thursday, July 24, 2003, anathema
(50) wrote:
::laughs::