Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Soliloquy in a Darkened Bedroom



WHEN I WAS YOUNG LAD

AND ON MY COT

THE CARS GOING BY

MADE MONSTERS

RUN ACROSS THE WALLS

TO HIDE IN CLOSETS

AND BENEATH MY BED

AND DARE ME TO MAKE A BATHROOM CALL

I HAVE NEW MONSTERS NOW

OF WHOM I’M NOT AFRAID

I DON’T MEAN TO SOUND SO BRAVE

BUT I’VE LIVED WITH THEM AWHILE

THEY ARE COMPANIONS OF MY OLD AGE



A READING FROM 4 ESDRAS



ETERNAL REST GRANT TO THEM OH LORD

AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON THEM.

MAY THEY REST IN PEACE. AMEN.



A COMMON QUOTE IN EARLY CHRISTIAN TIMES

A BEAUTIFUL QUOTE

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN



IS IT THAT GOD WILL LEAVE THE LIGHT ON

SO THAT THE MONSTERS WILL BE KEPT AT BAY



IT NEVER MADE THE BIBLE

BUT WAS WIDELY CITED

AMONG THE EARLY DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH

WAS MADE PART OF THE SERVICE FOR THE DEAD



ETERNAL REST

A THING TO BE CRAVED

PERPETUAL LIGHT

NO DEMONS WILL COME NEAR



ODD THOUGHTS

BROUGHT ON BY PROLONGED BED REST

AND THE MEDICINE

THAT KEEPS ME IN A CONTINUAL STATE OF OVERDRIVE

AND LET’S MY IMAGINATION SOAR

AS SHADOWS FLY ACROSS MY ROOM

WHISPERING



WHY DO GOOD PEOPLE GIVES CHURCH’S A BAD NAME



WHY

TO QUOTE JONATHAN SWIFT

DO WE HAVE ENOUGH RELIGION TO HATE

AND NOT ENOUGH TO LOVE



WHY SHOULD THERE BE A DRESS CODE AT CHURCH

SO HIGH

THAT A POOR MAN

WOULD NOT FEEL WELCOME



WHY SHOULD A CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY

CARRY WITH IT AN APPRECIATION

OF EUROPEAN CULTURE

OR HYMNODY





WHY DO MEN SUFFER



KIND OF LATE AT NIGHT FOR THAT



NOT MUCH ELSE HAPPENING





I NEVER REALLY THOUGHT GOD GAVE JOB

A SUITABLE ANSWER





OH I WAS PROPERLY IMPRESSED

AWED

SCARED EVEN

BUT NOT IMPRESSED



WE MUST BE QUIET

SHE

WHO WATCHES OVER ME IN THE NIGHT

WILL CHECK ON ME

IF SHE HEARS A NOISE



GOD IS REALLY HER ASSISTANT

BUT HE DOESN’T KNOW IT



WE ARE MINDED THAT THE POPE

WAS COMMENDED

FOR HOW GRACEFULLY HE SUFFERED

AND HE DID



BUT IN THAT BELIEF SYSTEM

SUFFERING

CAN BE USED TO MERIT

TO ALLEVIATE

THE SPIRITUAL CONDITION

OF A SOUL IN PURGATORY

ONE CAN SUFFER THEIR MOTHER

INTO HEAVEN



OH STOP FLYING AROUND THE ROOM MARTIN

THIS IS MY ARGUMENT WITH MY SELF

NOT YOURS



I WAS ASKED ONCE WHEN I SAID THESE THINGS

HAD I FOUND GOD

I TOLD THEM I DIDN’T THINK HE WAS LOST





WHY DOES GOD ADVOCATE GENOCIDE IN THE BIBLE

IS THIS GOD’S VOICE

OR THAT OF THE AUTHOR



I WANT A GOD WHO HOLDS ME IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND

A PALM INSCRIBED WITH MY NAME

A GOD WHO LOVES ME PERSONALLY



I DO NOT THINK THAT A GOD WHO LOVES US

WOULD SPEAK TO US IN RIDDLES OR CODE





HOW MANY PARENTS

HAVE WE TORTURED AS IN HELL

BECAUSE THEIR BABIES WERE NOT BAPTIZED



IF GOD SAYS LOVE

CAN WE EXPECT HIM TO DO OTHERWISE

CAN WE DEMAND OF HIM

THE SAME HE DEMANDS OF US





THE SHADOWS FLY ACROSS THE ROOM

LESS NOW THAT DAY COMES

LIKE A WATCHMAN I WAIT FOR DAWN

MY EYES ARE GROWING WEARY

THE LIGHT COMES ON

THE MONSTERS GO TO SLEEP

AND I AM SHELTERED IN GOD’S HAND





FRANK A VOLLMER

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