wishers

see note for reviewers.

there are those non-believers who

really

really

wish

deep down inside

that there was a

“heaven”---

some place that they could go to when it’s all over

which would answer all their questions &

unite them with all their loved ones &

make

everything

just

right &

wouldn’t you know it,

they just can’t quite believe in the garbage that

religion gives them

& they just can’t look themselves in the mirror &

tell themselves that they are

“spiritual” or that their lives are dictated by the

location of stars in the sky & when they

were born....

so

they walk a fine line,

these

wishers

who just can’t

                       let

                            it

                               go

 

they must be the most tormented of all.

Author's Note

“When lip service to some mysterious deity permits bestiality on Wednesday and absolution on Sunday, cash me out.”

-Frank Sinatra

“In heaven all the interesting people are missing.”

-Friedrich Nietzsche