This Is What Happens

by Mike Bendzela

This is what happens when you revere the fancies of Iron Age sheep:

This is what happens when you christen a parcel of dust Holy Land:

This is what happens when you refuse to give up worship for Lent:

This is what happens when you litter North, South, East, West with prayers:

 

This is what happens when you ignore 3.8 billion years of organic evolution:

This is what happens when you fail to dismember the Great Chain of Being:

This is what happens when you think the word “ape” is an insult:

This is what happens when you no longer pine for a tail:

 

This is what happens when you try to burn your way to prosperity:

This is what happens when you can’t stop inhaling the exhaust fumes:

This is what happens when you become addicted to hypersonic speed:

This is what happens when you replace eyes with satellites, flesh with plastics, legs with wheels:

 

This is what happens when you deify the neoplasm:

This is what happens when you parse survival into fractions of billions:

This is what happens when your cornucopia takes root in the earth’s crust:

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