That was Then This is Now

That was then when the truth was a lie scorching the bitter tongue of unseen circumstances that crawled on the belly of youthful unrest running toward the darker quarters where Angels left wearing halo hats leaving demon shepherds tending their flocks with rapid hunger in scurrilous realms of debauchery as soldiers returned with fractured hazy minds seeking relief under spinning glass balls of glittering glow hung from a ceiling above a floor of changing colored lights in a time of turmoil and change from black and white fountains bolted to school walls as people gathered torches to burn cities and men in power tossed crumbs like chum to the hopeless and poor This is now where lies are the truth feeding the tongue of consent that litters the sacred ground of heroes with garbage thrown by demons wearing the cloth of righteousness guiding their flock of ignorance to doom with their fevered abandonment of reality created for cruelty and lust for power paid with thirty pieces of gold their blistered hands carry artificial signs of self-importance as their ears swell from the chanting call from the demons pulled from within their soul wanting to bolt the black and white fountains back on the walls of intolerance knowing the kingdom of hell is within them they toss crumbs like chum to the hopeless and poor