Val Murah Poet Free verse

Goddities Pt 3

maybe if we were living in a world 
where dollars and cents made no sense 
maybe then we'd have some reason to... 
talk to each other 

maybe if we all had the same interests 
and we thought in the same exact ways 
no differing opinions, maybe then we'd... 
talk to each other 

everyone's trying to prove a hypocrite 
like there's something wrong with it 
well what if i just flat out admitted it? 
what if i said that then did this? 

i think i'll write and recite my own eulogy 
knowing i'll be the only one there anyway 
so no one will scream when i get up to speak 
it'll be all over the place, just like everything... 

"so" i'll say "i sit and talk about this nonexistent god 
just because he's what i grew up with... 
who coined the term 
and who endowed it with such worth? 
here's a thought 
maybe one of those schizophrenics 
you know 
the kind that sees s---... 
well maybe one day he was walking down jerusalem avenue 
turned around and saw some beautiful bright figure 
stood there with his mouth agape going 'gaaaah' 
then some passerby came over and closed his mouth for him" 

maybe if we were living in a world 
where "gaaaaaaahh-d" never existed 
we wouldn't have so many crusades in his name 
because he's on everybody's side... right? 
if you lose, well, maybe he was just ticked off 
then maybe we'd just sit in 
our meaningless depression and eventually... 
talk to each other

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