Taboos Are Always Shifting

-it is part of how human societies change.
People are continually seeking something 'new'
to keep who they really are out of the view
of those they see as fools, as easily blinded.

Meanwhile those for whom
shame is their guide can easily find it,
and not just in the records of religions. 

The Immaculate Government

When every link in a chain of command
of a given government department
cannot fail by the criteria each link
sets for itself, and the public still find error
in how the government actually operates
then of course ministers will publicly defend
every stage of so perfect a process.

Thus, by inference, ministers blame the public
for finding mistakes where none can admitted.

For as long as everybody refuses to say
how all gov't departments work perfectly
against each other the public's malcontent
rumbles on never finding it's present day cause.

On 'Hate Figures'

We all know them, the public figures
who's every word and action we loathe
and who make us turn the radio.

We can be hate figures for others too,
and all without us ever realizing it.
But think on this; emetics will produce bile
-that is their function. And human emetics
exist to help us understand our hatreds better.

And if we can use them right
these emetic for our hate
can help us to be less bileful,
and much more phlegmatic.   

Great Turn-Offs Of Our Time (3)

Only broadsheet newspapers would repeat the online headline
that ends with the words 'says a think tank/report/gov't spokesperson....  '.

Every time I attempt to read these pieces
I discover how much more speculative the report is
than the headline is prepared to tell the reader.

What they are reporting from will always have
more varieties of views, and have more to say,
than any headline or the article will tell you
and the report itself will still be speculation.

The Death Of 'Religion'

comes to an individual
when they become bored
with the idea of being ashamed
and they forget the rules
by which their guilt is maintained.

If You Want To Get Ahead Get A Cap

And preferably one that is issued with a blessing
from it's manufacturer. Caps are old fashioned
for many reasons, courtesy among them.
Not just the lack of hair on the wearers head. 

Putting The I Into Life

When I was just one depressed teenager among many
I chose a different solution to most of the youths I knew.

I went went to church and grabbed at the shirt tails
of many of the different local Christianities, as if my life
depended on my grip on them. My attention span was one
among many that wavered andbwandered before commitment.

The nearest I got to a clear and honest doubt
was when saying a line from one of the prayers
with which we all prepared ourselves before receiving Communion.
We said 'It is our duty and our joy....   ' and I wondered;
How do duty and joy combine to beat depression?

I never asked anyone in the church about this.
We did not have the old high pew system to divide us
but instead dived ourselves in our seats by never asking
ourselves difficult personal questions about mental health.

Now I am more happy, more angry, and more disappointed by turns.
And through them all there is the thread of duty and joy- to life itself.