The Best of the Blessed

not putting down people's faith, just the hypocrisy

The best of all the blessed

have no soles, laces keep

their britches hitched.

The best of all the blessed

sleep tonight among the angels,

in a big box salvaged from the dumpster.

The best of the blessed

are the most righteous of the righteous,

they've nothing left to give.

But the blessed of the coming kingdom

don't give a f**k about the best of the blessed,

they're much too busy crafting boxed souls for their children.

Ken e Bujold

Reviews

[Red Brick Keshner]

There is a pain that hypocrisy amplifies, the same projecting reflection on both sides that make each in their experience of life and the world and of faith, miss out on what is truly given to all. That is the sad result for both the haves and the presumed have-nots. And in it the handed olive branch is misrepresented and broken by both parties. "Not that I have already obtained all this, nor have I already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me," Paul of Tarsus (ex-persecutor). There is no best blessed and no better blessed. But everyone has their own take and understanding. So in the end it is quite sad for something meant for everyone's good to be squandered over wranglings on politics, religion, and hypocrisy. It's been long coming the lift up sincerity over hypocrisy. Thanks Ken!

[Gee]

Give thanks, praise for all that is good, turn a blind eye to all else. Methinks all of the Gods must have pins and needles in their hands due to their arses being permanently parked up on them.
I'll let the religious keep hold of all religion whilst I amble happily through my life.
Interesting piece Ken

[Ken e Bujold]

thanks G. Like I said, not disparaging folks faith, just the hypocrisy of those who think of God in terms of dollars and cents. My thoughts on Matthew's beatitudes as they relate to our modern world

[W. Barrett Munn]

Sounds like you have been watching Joel Osteen from his megachurch perch, except with Olsteen blessed and mammon are equivalents.

Winston

[red93]

Excellent Work Ken and I think Frederick Kesner's fabulous Review has really said it all. 'Blessed are the Poor - for theirs is The Kingdom of Heaven'.
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[Ken e Bujold]

thanks tony. and yes freds review is a marvelous read on the piece

[Relic]

I see where you're coming from on this. There is a lot of hypocrisy going around and God - in my opinion - seems to be out to permanent lunch. The more I see, the more I doubt when it comes to organized religion. The more I look through history, the more unfaultering I am.
The world is not fair and never has been.

Good poem, Ken.

[Ken e Bujold]

no it isn't never has been and never will be. all of which I can accept. what annoys the F out of me is the righteous hypocrisy of the faithful in light of the pain and suffering of a world all around them. I am not interested in hearing how I ought to live, when what they really mean is "you need to live according to how I tell you to live"