Labi Siffre - Into The Light

The Public Interest

It's good to know
Journalists don't
Have affairs
Produce casually
Begotten Kids
Commit adultery
if they did
They'd report it
Surely
They'd report it

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In the pocket

The pews creak with the weight of adulterers

The pastor, gold plated, shoes squeaking in brotherhood, agrees

With Bill Clinton (but more so with the bishop)

”It’s the economy, stupid” (now let’s get the gays!)

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Obsequies

Shoveling quicklime into mass graves

These vile bodies will be like His

Glorious body? No,

Theirs are worth more

Much more

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Relativity

He paints the room with a single hair

To complete it will take his life; time

Compared to human progress, well spent

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The Pope & The Imam

Benedict XVI & Ahmed Mohamed el-Tayeb in a mock-up embrace for the Benetton UNHATE campaign (photo withdrawn after Vatican complaints). To my surprise, they look good together. Fondly brought to mind the Paul Simon song, "Bookends". I guess I am, after all, a romantic. Shame about the realities.

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