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Memo to Saint Michael Re: Satan's Company
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Memo to Saint Michael Re: Satan's Company |
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Thaddeus Member
since 1999-11-16
Posts 78MA |
Saint Michael, Protector and Guardian, In breastplate and armor you stand Between darkness and me. Michael, My Friend, put down your shield Take up a blanket, and place it upon my shoulder, For then I may stay and listen as I shiver Chilled to the bone. For I see no assaults from sinewy red devils. Oh, Lucifer won't show as dragon or beast; He steps up to my mirror, sits at my vanity. I know of no sinewy red devils fiendishly smiling, tense wings arched high. Lucifer long abandoned snake and fanged beastly hosts. Instead, he answers my call, Opens my door and peers out of my mirror: Just like me he is. After humans tore down the Gates of Hell, Creating cities of fire, by far more foreign Than the shadows of Hades, What choice did the dark one have, But to happily pale? Shedding tunic for tie, He incorporates Modern business and modern thoughts Into his plan for man. Too late to Origionate a new sin, Lucifer Owes royalties to hugh and to Ma Bell's progeny. Prices charged no longer include bartering for souls, So primitive and childlike. No now it is virture for the first two minutes, And a grace for each additional. Sound bites and faxes, in sharp press releases sent From Satan himself, The legends of tails, horns and of forbidden fruit Is fantasy says he. Profiting more by giving away his illusions For man to play with, To pay for, The devil busies himself in careers. Until, in the last hour, We sell our few friends To mortgage shredded respect And buy junk hope bonds. Yet by this ploy most men aren't kept, The crisis just passes unnoticed. Emptier than limbo, we each file a soul Chapter Eleven. No longer anxious for salvation not temptation Not looking for Heaven, immune to despair, We dumbfound the devil with a blank empty stare. As each man files to get his due, A bankrupt Beelzabub must too declare A loss of his own to earn his sweet victory. The devil better look to finance and books, Else he'll lose the credit for depriving you and me Of rest in peace eternally. I wrote this some time ago, but it has been on my mind with so many people's New Year worries. Most things that should cause us worry or great hope can be found within each of us, instead of very far away. We determine our joy - My best wishes for everyone to make the most of themselves and of the New Year. [This message has been edited by Thaddeus (edited 01-02-2000).] |
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Thaddeus Member
since 1999-11-16
Posts 78MA |
If you are reading this message, thanks for getting through this rather long post. I hope there's something here to enjoy and ponder. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
Thaddeus, I think this piece is exceptional. It's written very well, and quite in depth. There was much I read into it, even before you edited it to explain why it was written. keep up the good work. Michael [This message has been edited by Michael (edited 01-04-2000).] |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Oh Thaddeus, I am so glad Michael thought to move this here, where we can benefit from it. Tis wonderful, obviously you put a lot of work into it. And well worth it to turn out a beauty like this. It gets the brain working with all sorts of possibilities. A double thumbs up  At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. (Plato) ~Isis~ (Daughter of Mystery) |
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danni Senior Member
since 1999-11-20
Posts 688wisconsin |
Exceptional indeed. I found much that I enjoyed in this piece. It is quite the perspective to ponder, and one that I agree with. |
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JennyLee Senior Member
since 1999-09-01
Posts 1461Northwestern, NJ. |
Indeed, it has left me to ponder much. Well Done! Jennifer Love is an attempt at penetrating another being,But it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual. |
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Thaddeus Member
since 1999-11-16
Posts 78MA |
Thank you Michael for encouraging me to place this here. Also thank you Isis, Danni and JennyLee for your kind comments and support. |
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ChainedAngel Member
since 2000-01-07
Posts 55tx |
After I read your reply to my first post I was wondering what your work was like. After reading this I sat and thought about it for quite some time. Poems like this capture my attention and keeps me pondering for quite some time. I must say I Don't have the same experience to match yours. Truly magnificent. There is a dream inside a dream. I'm wide awake the more I sleep. You'll understand when I'm dead - B. Warner |
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Marilyn Member Elite
since 1999-09-26
Posts 2621Ontario, Canada |
This is an exceptional piece of writing. I am glad that Michael conviced you to pose it. I does make one ponder and I enjoy a piece of writing that makes me think. |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
Satan might indeed be more at home on Earth than in Hell, in these dark days ... Excellent work, Thaddeus -- this one gave me pause. --Kess You cannot choose the way of your death, but the path you choose will determine its own end. |
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Bojopy Member
since 2000-01-03
Posts 391 |
I like to think myself as an itelligent person but have to say there were words in this I had to look up. I am so glad I did it made the piece more and more worth reading. There was a line in here that I truelly enjoyed so to speak "Emptier then limbo, we each file a soul Chapter Eleven". I can relate to this line in many ways!! Great work here and I'm glad Michael moved it here too! |
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Thaddeus Member
since 1999-11-16
Posts 78MA |
I'm glad you all enjoyed pondering this. Bojopy - I am especially glad you liked that line; it is a part that I like alot, it made me do a double take. |
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