No threat to mediocrity,
No cause for insecurity.
Exaltation without exoneration,
All the good poets are dead.
“Went to be home with the Lord”
Went to be home with the Lord.
Home, home with the Lord,
Where the harps and the holy hosts play.
Where seldom is heard,
A blaspheming word,
And the heavens are opened all day.
“Ram Dass, Alan Watts and Timothy Leary”
Ram Dass, Alan Watts and Timothy Leary.
I’m triptyching just to say it.
An Evangelist, an Entertainer and a Rascal.
A Theist, an Agnostic and an Atheist.
You can parse it any way you will.
Teachers without followers teach growth.
If it was any different, there’d be proof.
Not just fables, foibles bearing fables.
Religion authoritarianly packaged
Throws the baby out with the bathwater.
Find your flow. Die abundant.
“In Politics and Religion”
In Politics and Religion
We speak with one voice,
Uncle Witless is the people’s choice.
We, the chosen,
Embody righteousness
And bear witness
To divine plan.
Deception is the privilege
Of the politically correct.
When “we” do it, it’s strategy,
When “they” do it, it’s treachery.
Give us answers! We demand
We can easily understand.
For ambiguity is not expedient
And doubt does not make for obedience.
Certainty! Is the unifying command.
Loyalty is the key,
To disagree is to blasphemy!
Allegiance is synthesis,
Acquiescence is responsibility!
To us an alliance,
To them a conspiracy!
Labels, banners and slogans are truth.
The people seek identity!
Designer religion is proof.
Give the people what they want!
A collective identity for the masses,
Petty privileges for the elite.
For the elite
What we need
Is a new age justification
For greed.
Organized ignorance
Is what passes
As political consciousness
For the masses.
“Join the Predetermined Party”
Join the Predetermined Party,
Where politics is destiny.
Obedience is obligation,
Authority usurps individuality!
We will think for you
So you won’t have to.
The Predetermined Party
Knows your needs and wants.
Uncle Witless is our Imperator,
The Predetermined Party is our vindicator.
We market consumer politics
To the lowest common denominator.
“All hail the Progressive Slate”
All hail the Progressive Slate
And its glorious
Liberal Wing!
(It’s never too late
To get your mind right
With the Progressive Slate!)
The Progressive Slate is salvation,
The Progressive Slate is hope.
Agree with us or you’ll find yourself
Scorned and shunned,
An anti-messiah pariah.
“I’m a green eco-feminist”
I’m a green eco-feminist,
I’m an anti-fascist fascist,
I’m a scavenger-leech.
I deny corruptive affiliation,
I deny self-empowerment,
I refuse to assert accountability,
I will not admit imperfection.
No disagendising!
Don’t be suspect!
What to think, not how to think!
Political party!
Slate of candidates!
Platform of positions!
We call our collective influence “consensus.”
Say “consensus.”
“Consensus.”
“Why sweat the load”
Why sweat the load,
Cool it and flow.
Today is a toy,
As above, so below.
“Interlapping happenings”
Interlapping happenings,
The sequence of events,
The gig of life is full when intense.
Whatever’s next is up to the individual,
Reality is up for grabs.
“Life, Death and Dirt”
Life, Death and Dirt.
Life lives on death,
Be it fresh or preserved,
Plant or animal,
It’s still death.
And dirt is decomposed death.
“Life is not fair”
Life is not fair,
Life is vast.
I’m a half-wit,
And a half-ass.