Some stories last centuries (Metempsychosis)
Some stories last centuries -
Like Jesus walked on water
Like he raised the dead
Like God himself fathered him.
Such stories are embellished
With the passage of time
To recruit the dimwits
Like dumb followers of the clergy
Who being dumb themselves
Take advantage of the ones
Dumber than themselves.
These are not true stories.
There's no proof to them.
These are stories invented
To prove God's existence
For those who live by faith
Not using their heads.
I pity such story tellers.
I pity such story listeners.
I pity people who fool themselves
Believing in such crap.
-Ravi Kopra
(Inspired by Metempsychosis, a poem by Jane Hirshfield)
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