[lit-ideas] Re: Creed by Steve Turner
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 23:11:08 -0500
Damn that was hard to read. Tell the man to throw in some rhymes for
Christsake. At least give us some reason to plow through the damn thing.
Jejune is one thing, clunky jejune is quite another, brother.
Mike Geary
some rhyme it with weary
which I am,
by damn,
but I usually rhyme Geary with fairy
which I ain't --
not that there's anything wrong with that --
I just cain't
see myself being merry
with a man.
Memphis
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From: "Brian" <cabrian@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 10:00 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Creed by Steve Turner
> We believe in Marxfreudanddarwin.
> We believe everything is OK
> as long as you don't hurt anyone,
> to the best definition of hurt,
> and to the best of your knowledge.
> We believe in sex before, during and after marriage.
> We believe in the therapy of sin.
> We believe that adultery is fun.
> We believe that sodomy's OK.
> We believe that taboos are taboo.
>
> We believe that everything's getting better,
> despite evidence to the contrary.
> The evidence must be investigated
> And you can prove anything with evidence.
>
> We believe that there's something in horoscopes,
> UFO's and bent spoons;
> Jesus was a good man just like Buddha,
> Mohammed and ourselves.
> He was a good moral teacher although we think
> His good morals were bad.
>
> We believe that all religions are basically the same --
> at least the one that we read was.
> They all believe in love and goodness.
> They only differ on matters of creation,
> sin, heaven, hell, G-d, and salvation.
>
> We believe that after death comes the Nothing
> Because when you ask the dead what happens
> they say nothing.
> If death is not the end, if the dead have lied, then it's compulsory
> heaven for all
> excepting perhaps
> Hitler, Stalin and Genghis Khan.
>
> We belive in Masters and Johnson.
> What's selected is average.
> What's average is normal.
> What's normal is good.
>
> We believe in total disarmament.
> We believe there are direct links between warfare and bloodshed.
> Americans should beat their guns into tractors
> and the Russians would be sure to follow.
>
> We believe that man is essentially good.
> It's only his behavior that lets him down.
> This is the fault of society.
> Society is the fault of conditions.
> Conditions are the fault of society.
>
> We believe that each man must find the truth that is right for him.
> Reality will adapt accordingly.
> The universe will readjust.
> History will alter.
> We believe that there is no absolute truth
> excepting the truth
> that there is no absolute truth.
>
> We believe in the rejection of creeds,
> and the flowering of individual thought.
>
>
> There is a postscript to this poem called Chance.
>
> Chance
> If chance be
> the Father of all flesh,
> disaster is his rainbow in the sky,
> and when you hear
> State of Emergency!
> Sniper Kills Ten!
> Troops on Rampage!
> Whites go Looting!
> Bomb Blasts School!
>
> It is but the sound of man
> worshipping his maker.
>
>
>
> From Nice and Nasty by Steve Turner.
> 1980 by Marshall, and Scott.
>
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