Variation on the 23rd Psalm

The Lord is my provider,
He supplies all my needs,
He makes me to lie down
in sterile surroundings;
He guides me pass raging waters,
He restores my health when I am ill.
He leads me from paths of temptation
for His name's sake.

Even though I walk
down the mean streets of uncertainty and death,
I will fear no evil. Your protective Hand
comforts me.

You prepare a table before me
in the company of my adversaries,
You anoint my head with oil,
My cornucopia runs over.
Surely, Your goodness and mercy
will be with me all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the heart
of the Lord forever. Amen

Hate

Harbinger of ill-will and displaced anger
Aberrant bitterness coupled with rancor,
Truant morality and ungodliness,
Enveloped in vindictiveness.

Harborer of spiteful revenge,
Attitudinally unhinged,
Treacherous thoughts, unbalanced insight,
Exhausted logic cusping mental blight.

Handicapped-hearted, mean-spirited,
Affected with values darkly corrupted,
Temperamentally explosive,
Extremely damaging and corrosive.

Hate is a destructive human element,
A cumbersome burden - self-punishment,
Tantamount to masochism
Entwined in dire submission.

Paradoxtrix 1.

From the first time that I met her,
I figured from her style,
that she was born and bred
in a furnace of the wild,
a troubled but healthy spirit,
fashioned in the image of a child,
a fledgling sort of entity,
with an orchestrated smile.

Her face bespoke the zodiac,
twelve signs in conjunction,
components of the elements
in fierce competition,
a galaxy unto herself -
and dare I to mention,
a goddess of sheer pulchritude,
demanding strict attention.

Her hair was flaming balls of fire,
cascading down her shoulders,
the movement of her bedroom eyes,
were horizontal shutters,
though her head was held majestically high,
her feet were mired in gutters,
depression and low self-esteem,
were the weight of massive boulders.

The Pessimist

Don't be fooled by what appears to be real,
As far as I'm concerned everything is rigged,
Believe it or not sports are rigged:
Football, baseball, basketball is rigged,
Hockey, wrestling, boxing is rigged,
Auto racing, horse racing, cycling is rigged,
Everything, everything, everything is rigged.

History, philosophy, psychiatry is rigged
Astronomy, archaeology, technology is rigged,
Religion, education, genealogies are rigged.
Everything, everything, everything is rigged.

Nothing is worse than being a victim of a fix,
Especially when you think you're a partner in the mix.
Some people believe myths and fairy tales are real,
Accounts of Sleeping Beauty and Jack and Jill,
Sisyphus rolling a stone up a hill,
And what do you know about Buffalo Bill,
The number of bison he claimed to have killed?


Stocks, bonds and investments are rigged,
Donations, charities and taxes are rigged,
Vital statistics are rigged,
Birth and death certificates are rigged,
Weights and measurements are rigged;
You can contest global warming
And put lipstick on a pig,
But as far as I'm concerned everything is rigged.

The roll of the dice, the cards that are dealt,
Gambling and lotteries are rigged.
Commercials, promotions, awards are rigged.
Fashion shows, talk radio,
Beauty pageants, late night shows,
No-shows and dog shows,
Regardless of the type of gig
Everything, everything, everything is rigged.
Commissions and amendments are rigged,
The American Dream is rigged,
American Idol is rigged.

Nothing is the way it seems,
When let loose at the seams
Like nightmares opting peaceful dreams,
Mud holes overpowered by streams,
Everything, everything, everything is rigged.
Governments, politics, juries and justice is rigged.

Perhaps, I'm sounding like a cynical hack,
But consider Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq,
AIG and Wall Street fat cats.
Diseases and cures are rigged.
Miracles are rigged.

I'm merely stating what I feel is true,
It's not about me and it's not about you -
It's about the "Systems" and what they do,
Disguising themselves with different color wigs,
Yeah, everything, everything, everything is rigged.