TapestryA Poem by Pete"The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness." - ThoreauWizards and warlocks wield their wayward wands. Pathological poets point and click to order more paradoxical parables online. Politicians, preachers and priests put on their Pampers and Poligrip. They take selfies as they twirl a cornucopia of cell-phones and empty promises like drum-majorettes with batons. Juggling jargon in a juggernaut of jocularity. Smiling and passing gas in the name of self-preservation. Piss-soaked vagrants and vagabonds march by in a parade of paradise. Cloaked in degradation and fortuitousness. Waving tattered banners of faith. Harbingers of humanity with harmonicas. God's undercover angels. Waiting to bed down in the alley of purgatory. Seduced and surrounded by a plethora of unreachable fire escapes. Smoke detector is screaming. The bartender of diabolical darkness mixes up yet another devious batch of suffering b******s. Stirring and swirling a sacrilegious swizzle stick. Martyred moths dance around the porch light of heaven. The almighty leans back on his throne as he takes out his needles and yarn to knit tomorrow. Another tantalizing, timeless ... ... tapestry ... © 2018 PeteAuthor's Note
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5 Reviews Added on June 24, 2018 Last Updated on July 13, 2018 AuthorPeteBoston, MAAboutI love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..Writing
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