Veneer of Religion
Let us take off the veneer
the comforting illusion and cosy half-truth
blow out the candles
make a wish
say a prayer prepare for letdown
the purpose of poetry if rightly said
and of satire certainly said
is to strip off the veneer of comforting illusion and cosy half-truth
and our job as I see it is
up to you and me
I am wiser than religious folk
because neither of us know anything of the great or good
but they fancy they know something
as I do not know anything so I do not fancy to say so
Yet I appear to be wiser than them because I know what I do not know
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