The Silly Corpse

The Temple In The Mountains

Her god said, “Build a temple in the mountains.”

She went back to college and she studied and she learned

How to build a temple in the mountains.

When the people learned what she was doing,

They locked her on a ward for the insane

So she couldn't build a temple in the mountains.

She thought and prayed in silence.

After several days with sheets

She choked herself to death because

She couldn't build a temple in the mountains.

When they told her husband, he went mad and bought an ax

And knocked down all the icons at the altar.

And then he lay upon the floor and wept.

And Jesus wept.

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The Silly Corpse

She ran the light.

Americans compete

To be the first and fastest

On the street.

I honked at her.

She glared and flipped me off.

If I'd gunned it,

She would be dead meat.

2-26-14

Wrong But Right

They will steal your money if they can,

With a lie if it's a woman,

With a fist if it's a man.

Call them thieves,

They're ready for a fight,

Completely in the wrong,

And absolutely right.

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