Placebo - Part 1


"Placebo - Part 1"


Deals with God?
I don’t think that is possible.
Depends what cards you’re playing with
and what the trade off is
do you bluff? or 
play it safe and lose all your tricks?

Let’s talk about SIN, 
it sounds delicious 
but once swallowed
it comes out just like everything else.
The thing with Sin is,
it’s a bit like diarrhoea,
depends what you’ve taken in 
and how much has tainted you
pathologically, i.e. 
Virus, Bacteria, Parasite? 
A little diarrhoea, with the right prescription
easily blitzed.
If it’s totally infiltrated your bloodstream,
well, you're cactus really.
It’s the gift that keeps on giving.
I call that, with regards to Sin -
Divine intervention. 
For a severe case as that,
you would be required to be kept out of reach
and monitored on a daily basis, away from 
passing on the contagion to anyone else.

If you’re locked up in a small room
and the toilet paper rations run out -
it can get real messy.
Particularly if your room mate’s in 
Prison Greens, is twice the size of you
and a Psychopath with a propensity
for knocking your head into the wall 
whenever you ignore him
and while he’s at it, takes the opportunity
to rub himself up against you – he’s 
marking his territory….
and well, you’re at that point where 
you’re thinking,
“Do I bluff? Or play it safe and lose all my tricks?”

At that moment, it’s a safe bet
you’ve lost all your tricks.
And you’re thinking, 
“This ain’t Protective Custody, 
where’s God in all of this?”

(Lovejoy-Burrton/2017 Dec)

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Suburban Lovechild

Date: 12/21/2017 1:16:00 PM

Deep and dark, with a splash of divine, nice write. I'm a Atheist/Agnostic Jew, so divine intervention is selective and self-initiated. Sin, to me, is an action or decision that has a consequence or tempts karma.

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
Date: 12/21/2017 1:55:00 PM

There's a story in everyone. Sometimes, a person has to see it from both angles. Sometimes, that can be truly karmic. On with the day SubLovechild. Thank you for your comment. On with the day, on with the story. LovejoyBee

Silent One

Date: 12/12/2017 2:41:00 PM

Damning write... you have a way with words..

Leanne Lovejoy-Burton
Date: 12/12/2017 3:30:00 PM

Sometimes. This is a very real issue and hard for some to read this piece through entirely, I guess, because it is a sordid dark issue in this world. Not all milk and honey, like other stories on a page. Forgiveness is important, but I just wonder how far a victim, or victim's family, would have to reach inside themselves to pull out the remains of what is left of their hearts and minds, to do just that. How much damage would be caused to a victim, or any family (including the perpetrator's) involved either side of the Contract? On with the day. Thank you.