Sunday, March 25, 2018

Kit Kelen #814 - the gods only die



814
the gods only die


with popular wisdom

where we tear them down
set fire

where we lullaby
fall asleep
forget

let tourists in the Pantheon

that's when the gods are making a living

thumb noses
mock their garments

trample the effigy
piss on them
shit
wipe arses with their holy words

would you say that they had our attention now?

so many believers
do all of this with the gods of their enemies
so that we'll know what they believe
to keep their gods alive

where we come in disguise
and say their secret names

it's ours to misbelieve then

gods die
when we stand up to light

when we put their fires down
recite the date till it sticks

count years since the last miracle

when we call the clouds to us
lean into the world's wind

pinch ourselves
call the garden home

own up to our blessings
confess it was us all along

and no, we don't know

when we dream our own way
where we call the sunshine ours

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