you said
"i'm going like a lamb to
the slaughter
but i'm as calm as a
summers day"
but i bet you didn't feel
so calm when they broke
down the door
and you jumped
out of that window.
i even heard you fired
a few shots back.
as far as i know jesus
didn't crucify a few people
on the way to the cross
gandhi didn't knife anyone
van gogh shot himself.
hicks went up in a
cloud of smoke.
krishnamurti lived till old
age and died of natural
causes
bukowski and carlin
and watts too
doing far less damage to
themselves and to
others.
more than ever its like
we are stuck on repeat
killing each other and
blowing ourselves up
over ideals and beliefs,
the few that have been
good have been organized
and become bad
and there is something i'd
like to say to
all you homemakers,
you women in long
dresses,
you business men in
suits who practice religious
capitalism.
to the whole world.
a martyr does not kill
and is killed.
a martyr does not hurt
anyone and is
hurt.
and on a long enough
timeline no one
makes the grade.
