tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post3598621229097250673..comments2023-07-26T13:14:34.834+01:00Comments on Tonguefire: Skating on Poetry LochUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23932488.post-47242724303380178572008-04-23T15:51:00.000+01:002008-04-23T15:51:00.000+01:00Psychosis and Money What is it then that makes the...Psychosis and Money <BR/><BR/>What is it then that makes them pray<BR/>That makes them creep and crawl all day<BR/>That makes them read some silly script<BR/>Their pride and confidence slyly stripped<BR/>What is it then that transfers their minds<BR/>To heavens and angels and spiritual kinds<BR/>To attend cathedrals in little groups<BR/>Then dress in robes as exemplar troops<BR/>What is it then that makes them build<BR/>On fertile land where food was tilled<BR/>Huge cathedrals and churches too<BR/>Just to sing and confess anew<BR/>Does it help in any way<BR/>To wile away the hours of day<BR/>Dressed in black and on their knees<BR/>Praying to anything and making pleas<BR/>Is it selfishness that makes them think<BR/>We all need them to cower and shrink<BR/>On our behalf at their request<BR/>So that our souls be sublimely blessed<BR/>The whiff of selfishness stirs the air<BR/>Me thinks it’s just themselves they care<BR/>The work is easy and less to think<BR/>From competition they wilt and shrink<BR/>This god they advocate with fuss<BR/>When ask for proof they look nonplussed<BR/>O proof O proof what for you need<BR/>The devils home you’ll go with speed<BR/>My lucid mind begins to stir<BR/>I’m in the hands of a blackmailer<BR/>I only asked for what your sales<BR/>Then they came back as hard as nails<BR/>So business then shall prevail<BR/>In Woolworth’s by an honest sale<BR/>The church an inquisition I think<BR/>Proof of content surely brinks<BR/>jobeejobeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11059120786280413012noreply@blogger.com