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Sanctuary

Patrick Hurley

They called me god
        made offerings and worshiped me
    I laughed in their faces
            said they were naive
    they said
            surely you must
                        be a god
                to laugh at us
                            in such a way
They called me sage
            Buddha returned
        and followed me
                to hear me speak
    but all I said was
                        gibberish
    this is prophetic
                    they cried
    the true meaning
                of life
            rests in your words
They called me pious
                    and righteous
            bowed before me on rugs
    saying
            truly Allah guides me
        while I drank and smoked
                entertaining their youth
    wiping my feet
            on their rugs
                    as if welcome mats
        he has come to bless
                my sajjada
                        they proclaimed
            while whipping
                                themselves
They called me omnipotent
        I simply answered
                their questions
    with
            whatever came
                    to my head
        truth or relevance
                    played no part
                        in my response
            but that I responded
        was enough to be
                a genius in
                        their eyes
            so hungry for food
As I awoke
        my head in a pool
                    of blood
        they proclaimed
                he has risen from
                        the dead
            surely you are divine
    I said, dead, no
            passed out drunk
                            yes!
            he has taken a
                        spirit quest
                we must follow
                            they said
        do as you like
                    just remember
            the ground is hard
                        I said
The day came
                when they went away
    saying
            he is a false god
        tricking us
                    into subservience
    he laughed in our faces
    spoke in gibberish
    smoked and drank
        and
            bedded our women
    filled our heads
                with lies
Then off they went
                to follow
                    another
At last
    true sanctuary
                I said

Sanctuary -
E 2013 by Patrick A Hurley and Water of Life Press, first published in The Best and Worst of Both Worlds, a Water of Life Press publication

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