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Misguided Piety
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Misguided Piety |
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Brad Majors 
since 2001-04-03
Posts 2647Georgia 
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Halfway to the depths of madness Bonded by morbid delusion To the pious faith Of a lifetime Wasted In search of the Mirage of paradise Milton lost so long ago Hollow sacred writ Chained to the shallow Appearance of misguided piety Angels and saints Locked up in porcelain statues Bathed in red candle drippings Enslaved to listen To pleadings of fools Hoping to breach padlocked doors Of eternity Listless pilgrims Waiting for the white model train Bound for nowhere Receiving wooden nickels For good deeds While waiting for a cell In Purgatory's overflowing prison Where Saint Elvis will stick a Shiny gold star On sloped foreheads Of the diluted faithful. |
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timothysangel1973
since 2001-12-03
Posts 1725Never close enough |
Hmmm, got me thinking this morning Brad!.....  .....Thanks for the morning brain work-out!Great write, and wonderful read...gotta go read again! |
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Pilgrimage Member Elite
since 2001-12-04
Posts 3945Texas, USA |
A religion that's locked inside a church isn't much good, is it? I hope I don't fall so short of what I need to be. I guess now I have to pray a bit, huh? Nan (Pilgrim variety) |
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Wind
since 2002-10-12
Posts 2981 |
I loved it and I agree completely I said I'm going to buy a gun and start a war, |
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Brad Majors
since 2001-04-03
Posts 2647Georgia |
thank you |
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Susan Caldwell Member Rara Avis
since 2002-12-27
Posts 8348Florida |
Angels and saints Locked up in porcelain statues Bathed in red candle drippings Enslaved to listen To pleadings of fools Hoping to breach padlocked doors Of eternity' hmm, I don't think its the religion locked in a church, but rather eternity is padlocked, meaning unreachable, therefore nonexsistant. What say you Dan? By the way, very thought provoking. I really enjoyed it..... Susan |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Brad - this is good, one of your best writes me thinks... BC |
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Goodknight Member Elite
since 2002-06-15
Posts 2386Ohio, USA |
well written and pointed - Paul |
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Local Rebel Member Ascendant
since 1999-12-21
Posts 5767Southern Abstentia |
saint Elvis!  cool |
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Roniece Dawson-Bruce Member Ascendant
since 2000-01-29
Posts 5689Sydney, Australia |
Brad: a brilliant write! Roniece Dawson-Bruce |
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Brad Majors
since 2001-04-03
Posts 2647Georgia |
thank you all. |
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Aenimal Member Rara Avis
since 2002-11-18
Posts 7350the ass-end of space |
Great writing Brad and as for Milton, i tried Paradise lost but just couldn't get through the damn thing even though i loved the theme lol |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
we can fall to the chains of religion and become lost if we are not open and aware...a very intense and wise write, something every one should read...thank you |
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littlewing Member Rara Avis
since 2003-03-02
Posts 9655New York |
Brad: you astound me every time I click you on God . . . and yes Milton . . loved the Elvis line . . . *shaking head over here because your right* awesome write xxoo |
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