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