[lit-ideas] April's Poem

BEER IS BETTER THAN FEAR

Gold is good.
Gold is better than God.
Even God needs gold.
At least His businesses do.

I'm a businessman.
I understand.
Unto Caesar and all that.
Caesar grows fat.

Caesar says something.
The Pope agrees.
A nation falls to its knees.
But this goddamn dog keeps humping my leg. 

Good God, the atheist said.
Better Red than dead.
Better read instead.
But we all know it's safer to stay in bed.

Nevertheless, this is clear:
given God, gold, and horny dogs
bed is best.
Unless there's beer.


Mike Geary
Memphis

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