Chris Kresser
Atone
The game show has begun
Stop talking when you hear the bell ring
You may respond if you’ve been called
Now let them all sing
We are here to find a leader
The one who will gladly take up the cup
Not for greed, power, or lust
But for god, guns, and country
Argot spoken from golden tongues
Ensemble suits and pockets weighted
The accusatory finger pointed at the congregation
But you will find no members of the cloth here
You say you know us
You say you know where we have been
“I am you”
But I cannot see what you claim
I see hefty shoulders and chins held to the sky
I see men with opulent houses
I see women with eyes burning and wide
Absent is the eagle’s seal
Bearing no branch of olives
No strife, nor character to claim
“The fault lies in you”
Says the appointed few
But to the land you love to castigate
Your contributions show only deposits
While the starved feeble parish
On the roads you paved with promises
Where will you go, when your kin ask you to atone?
Wise Words from the 26th
Red pen marks that circle around text
Covered across the white pressed surface
Looking on with doubt
I must remind myself “It is not the critic who counts”
To mark a page is painless
To shout at the stage is seamless
To call every play is effortless
To mock the one who tries is cowardice
Without sounding preachy
During my life I have come to know
When you’re the one in the arena
It is not they who make the mark
The only one that can critique
And second guess your every step
The only one that can truly fulfill you
Is the one who continues on
Till the very last breath
The Algorithm
Attached at the hip. Spines of rigid cogs and screws
An extension of my fingers. Printed black text
Updated constantly with the news.
ANDERSON COOPER SECRETLY A MORMON
ROBERT DE NIRO DEAD IN THREE DAYS
BOMB WENT OFF IN SYRIA TODAY
The cacophonies rip at my back bones
But hey, at least now I fit the mold
Information bought not sold
I feel the dashes and dots in my brains
I can hear it coursing through my veins
All of it noise and echo chambers
Did you know this? Did you know that?
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