between the inner and outer

is the greatest of schisms

oh, the lost riches,

oh, the forgotten wisdom.

oh, the scholarly folly,

oh, the illumined illiteracy. 

go burn your textbooks–

study the moon’s craters.

your body will wither,

your mind will flourish.

the meek inherit,

the rich perish.

these impure virgins,

these holy harlots,

condemned papacies,

salvation by heresy.

the last shall be first,

the first shall be last,

i went and found god

amongst the outcasts.