2024-01-04

poetry/g/gemini.txt

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+Gemini
+2020-06-19
+
+***
+
+the cathedral's bells ring
+horseshoe mounted above the doorframe
+from the pastor's mouth drip words:
+"confess and you shall be made whole"
+
+you stand at the pulpit
+and proclaim to the congregation
+how holy you are,
+that you have rescinded control
+
+baptized in the claps,
+reborn as a shriveled
+ghost of who you once were:
+a person without a soul
+
+bloat as original sin
+that one needs to be absolved of,
+leaving behind the colors and joys
+beyond these gated walls
+
+"out yonder lives the devil
+with his malice and malware and pain;
+'tis an illusion that, beyond the wiles,
+he helps those alive stand tall"
+
+one in a sea of faceless
+made faceless yourself
+give your soul to the gods
+put your heart on the shelf
+
+a landscape of white
+and a monotone hum
+to spill your own blood
+earns a trip straight to hell
+
+***
+
+CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (c) Vane Vander