My Heaven lies here
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My Heaven lies here…
Where the silhouette of darkness shelters me..
Where the smiles came to an extinction..
Beckoning angst as my master.. Read on…
Supervenient Convenience
Pen and paper, paper and pen
I write my thoughts once again
The atoms infinite combinations
yield man’s brutality, slave plantations Read on…
Hominid See, Hominid Do
An excerpt from The Book of Soulless Animals An insincere but nonetheless charming voice says, “Welcome to the only inter-species game show, Hominid See, Hominid Do. The only game show where different variations of hominids compete to answer questions about being the masters of their domain. ” “And now the host of Hominid See, Hominid Do, Greg Gracious. ” “Thank you Brent, ” says Greg Gracious. He is your normal looking game show host, wearing a cheap suit, with a … Read on…
How I Lost My Religion
I was raised as a Muslim. The truth is, despite my projected religiosity, I was never fully committed to Islam. Like many children, I did not understand the full importance of my religion or its rituals. I asked my parents, who did their best to explain it all to me. I memorized the standard explanations, but I didn’t feel it in my heart. I participated because my parents wanted me to. Read on…
War From the Bleachers
They invited some older folks to watch a war.
We sat uncomfortably on slat, wooden seats.
The noise was bearable off in the distance,
But a smell of body parts and putrid ammo,
Wrapping around us like unwanted caresses. Read on…
Truth or Happiness: Must We Choose?
I recently heard a talk by Gary Brill , who teaches psychology at Rutgers, discussing studies showing religious believers are happier than nonbelievers. Defining happiness can be elusive – a feeling that one is happy? Perhaps a more useful concept is well-being, or flourishing, which describes an entire life rather than just one emotion. Anyhow, Brill did discuss data showing religious believers report greater happiness, suffer fewer psychological disorders (unless you count religious belief itself), recover better from setbacks, cope … Read on…
The Parable of the Cows
Everyday
Year after year
Generation after generation
The cows
Walk up the ramp
And through the swinging doors. Read on…
In the Kitchen of My Brain
The atheist agnostic mystic
free-thinker fundamentalist Episcopalian
heretic Buddhist fire-
eyed Muslim ritual-incensed Catholic Read on…
Must sins be cleansed?
Must sins be cleansed?
First, by apostolic decree
then by nailing men to trees.
Read on…
Reclamation
I’m really not sure how much time has passed since my arrest. The holographic calendar in my cell blinked its final rollover long ago. I can’t even derive an estimate by counting the lines on the back of my hands. But that’s the price you pay for reclamation. You grow up, you go through the chaos of puberty to reach young adulthood, but then you stop—never aging, never dying, until that which was lost is found. Read on…