Who was ever moved by mockery?
Which of us was drawn to
another viewpoint
another idea
by name calling?
Which of us felt engaged in discussion after being called
stupid
Who is winning here?
Your side is not winning
Their side is not winning
The only grin I see in the crowd
is a toothy, rotten maw
His breath is heavy with sulfur
And he delights in your self satisfaction
Would that there was a father
So favoured by God that
Demons flee from him, spectres hide from his gaze
This is the father who would check the closet or
under the bed and you’d know
know with every fiber of the certainty of your being that
it was free of monsters
Lover of poverty
Who places love before all things
Who placed Love before all things
For demons lurk in possessions
and obsessions but
There is no evil in love
A poem.
There isn’t one particle of anything ever in this
outstanding universe that wasn’t touched by the hand of God and in His mercy
He has seen fit to take crude flesh and place it here where It can
Be in this warmth and
Soak in this sun and
80 degrees in January yes
God even saw fit to make LA to
Put these people here in this tortured geography and hope they’ll do their best but
Some of them are evil and
Some of them are magnificent and
Some of them are angels and
This is their city and
They run this town
On the down low
Any support, in shares or donations, is appreciated.
Arthur, probably.
Arthur (not his real name, but it’s close) is a guy who’s been going to our church for about a year. He seems innocuous at first, just a polite guy in a suit & tie, but soon you realize he is basically the personification of evil.
Don’t let that alarm you, though. Arthur is pretty spectacular. He laughs at all my jokes. He also agrees with nearly everything I say. Already you can tell he is one of the best people ever, despite being the personification of evil.
He is the dark yin to my yang. He is Palpatine to my Yoda, Saruman to my Galadriel, YoSafBridge to my Inara. One time myself, Christopher, & Arthur were in the church kitchen eating ice cream Arthur made for us & I thought, “Here we are: Harry, Hermione, & Draco.”
Arthur is also my sham husband & as such, is very encouraging. He has yet to say a disparaging word to me, about me. He has said a number of disparaging words to me about nearly everything else ever. In that respect, he is maybe Edina to my Patsy?
I am fairly certain Arthur & my boyfriend are going to get along beautifully when they meet next week. They both hate the same stuff & revere the same concepts. The difference is that Arthur might use fascism to achieve his aims, where my boyfriend is more of an anarchist.
We are going to open a religiously themed Snuggie business together. We also offer to plaster entertaining banter on your Facebook wall for a small fee. Our text conversations are legendary.
Arthur is a trained pastry chef and an accountant. I would not be surprised to learn he played the lute weekly at a retirement home. He works harder than any of us. Evil never sleeps.
I do, though, so I will have to write more on Arthur after Easter, maybe. Meanwhile, enjoy Arthur’s theme.
Princess of Swords 