Monday, April 30, 2018

PEACE ACCORDS

Someone
who comes from somewhere
else just declared—

the emperor
isn't
divine anymore. Yet,

his dumb
little three-
letter name is still stuck

on the back
of every shattered citizen's
creased and useless currency—

which
is just as well, since god
is a lot

like a piece of paper
money—if you think he's really there,
he's there;

if you think
he's not—he isn't.
But good luck

not-believing
in even
the tiniest thing—

in the overstuffed
and crumbling
dominion

hence-
forth to be
known as—Everyone Else Does.