“Our priests and wise men are ruining the tales they tell us,” the people say, “those old stories we heard as children, so beautiful and profound. “No, now the priests and wise men insist that these are not Tales, but Fact. “That is how they ruin them.” [Click ‘Random Post’ above – be astonished] … [Read more...]
“Eve’s Wish” / Memorable Fancies #1673
13 November, 2016 by Leave a Comment
[“‘Oh to be Nothing,’ said Eve,” – Stevie Smith] Having just tasted the apple and realizing who she is, and who Adam is, and that neither she nor Adam is the Serpent whose coiling body she so much adores, envies,... … [Read more...]
“For Babylon” / Memorable Fancies #1357
25 October, 2015 by Leave a Comment
“ ... Babylon of the golden sandals ... ” — Sibylline Oracles, Book 5 [The following is a free-verse adaptation of the Biblical Apocalypse of John (the book, also known as “Revelations,” that D.H. Lawrence called “A Hymn of Hate,”) Chapters 14-18] What I saw: Angel a-wíng in heaven, proud Gospel in its claws, crying Fear God; for his judgment is surely come. And there followed a second angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city. And the smoke of her … [Read more...]
“The God Ponders” / Memorable Fancies #1115
15 February, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The god is thinking about how ungrateful the people He created are, how obsessed with their own desires instead of His. Perhaps they need a lesson. How about SMITE? Yes, a few SMITEs might solve His problem with these people. And if it doesn’t? If they remain stiff-necked and obstinate? Well, there is always DESTROY. <END> Buy it on Amazon: At All Adventure, a Maltheist gospel. … [Read more...]
“Reality Check” / Memorable Fancies #621
21 February, 2014 by Leave a Comment
But there are some of you that believe not. — John 6:64 Spare us all your gape-jawed tales of way back then when nothing was, or what will be when nothing is; but let us have to do with things of real life: Number as order; time as accrual; substance as trade. Save your breath: revelation wraps tomorrow’s fish. <END> If you liked this post, please tell your friends and share a comment here or in StumbleUpon, Reddit, Facebook, or other social … [Read more...]
“Reality Check” / Memorable Fancies #502
27 October, 2013 by Leave a Comment
[But there are some of you that believe not. – John 6:64] Spare us all your gape-jawed tales of way back then when nothing was, or what will be when nothing is. Let us have to do instead with real things: – Number as order; – Time as accrual; – Substance as trade. Save your breath: revelation wraps tomorrow’s fish. <END> If you liked this post, please tell your friends and share a comment here or in StumbleUpon, Reddit, Facebook, or … [Read more...]
“Another Book” / A Memorable Fancy #184
8 December, 2012 by Leave a Comment
“Isn’t there another Book? I can’t seem to find it, now. The one Jesus wrote that answered all our questions, I mean. I’ve looked everywhere; thumbed through all the pages from Matthew back to Revelation. I’m sure it’s here somewhere. — Isn’t it?” … [Read more...]
“The Judas Chronicles – III” / A Memorable Fancy #174
28 November, 2012 by Leave a Comment
He said, “One of you will betray me.” And as he spoke I heard the dark wind gather my soul and curl words inside my ear. He looked at me and I expected sadness, maybe wrath, not what I saw. I lunged from the room, stumbling over chairs and pushing past the others, upset a bowl. Fools always, they thought I had some hurried errand for the poor; but I went to see the priests, and said, “I know where you can take him without the crowd.” And they said, “Lead us to him.” They asked my price … [Read more...]
“The Brotherhood” / A Memorable Fancy #044
30 December, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Like many fringe groups, the Brotherhood taught that only 144,000 people could be saved. Given this limit, they observed various practices pleasing to God, in order to place their members in Heaven. The Brotherhood, however, taught that, given the billions of people who had lived and died since Adam, heaven had surely received its 144,000th worthy many centuries before: No Vacancy. Therefore, a Brother’s only hope of heaven was to persuade God to expel one of the previously saved. When … [Read more...]
“Cut Off Your Food” / A Memorable Fancy #043
30 December, 2011 by Leave a Comment
“Cut off your foot if it cannot step you to the Kingdom; poke out your eye if it cannot see you there. It is better to arrive with nothing, than go down to Hell with all your parts intact.” So said the Prophet. In their hearts, the listeners divided into two groups: those who thought the saying very harsh, and those who thought they could do without the first group, on their way to Glory. … [Read more...]
“‘We have found Messiah!'” / A Memorable Fancy #039
23 November, 2011 by Leave a Comment
A: “We have found Messiah!” B: “Where is his army come to free us?” C: “We have found Messiah!” B: “Where is his armor? Where is his shield?” D: “He heals our sins and makes the blind to see.” B: “Where is his scepter and where is his sword?” E: “He has made the dead to rise and walk.” All: “How could we ever follow one like him?” … [Read more...]
“Talk-Show” / A Memorable Fancy #026
29 September, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It was an honor to be a guest on his show. They waited off-stage during the monologue, gauging the response of the crowd. They passed a few quiet, unnecessary words. They knew they wouldn’t get the best of him in conversation, he, the master of debate, sometimes a master of abuse as well; but someone had to speak out for the old ways, for righteousness and faith. After a short commercial break they were escorted to the stage: the scribe, then the Pharisee. <END> … [Read more...]
“Number Ye the People” / A Memorable Fancy #006
22 July, 2011 by Leave a Comment
“What’s your account number?” he asks. But it's not my account number, it's theirs; I have a name. Admittedly, we do have rich associations with names of bare sequence – Louis XIV, 5th Avenue, Cinco de Mayo. So why am I complaining about it, about being just a number? “It isn’t ‘just’ a number,” he’s saying; “it’s your number, buddy; it’s you. Get over it. Now, what’s your account number?” The breakthrough will come when people start to address each other by number rather than name. Already … [Read more...]
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