REFLECTIONS ON MANS FINAL JOURNEY

THE CELIBATE PRIEST THE FUNDIMENTALIST IMAM,
EAGERLY PREACHES EACH HIS DELUSIVE PLAN,
THE PROTESTANT VICAR AND METHODIST LAY,
PREACH IN A MORE RELAXED AND GENTLE WAY,
TO SIMPLE FOLK IN HALLOWED HALLS
WITH POINTY TOPS AND MINARETS,
BRASS ARTIFACTS SMOOTH MARBLE STEPS.

THE USE OF LOUD HAILERS AND NOISY BELLS,
CALL THE FAITHFUL TO WORSHIP AND GOD TO PLEASE,
THIS MUST BE DONE WHILST ON ONES KNEES
LISTENING TO VENERABLE LEADERS IN VIGOROUS DISPUTE,
OFFER PATTHS TO HEAVEN BY DIFFERING ROUTE
ON VARYING SURFACES STONY OR SMOOTH,
STONY APPARENTLY BEING THE MOST " WITH IT" GROOVE,

WALK UP, WALK UP, WALK UP THIS WAY
WALK UP FOR SENTENCE ON JUDGEMENT DAY,
WHEN YOUR AVERAGE JOE AND JANE,
HOPING YEARS OF PIETY WERE NOT IN VAIN,
SMILE AS THEY ANTICIPATE,
THE JOY, THE PEACE, THE TRANQUILITY,
BEYOND THAT PEARLY GATE.

THE SUICIDE BOMBER, WITH QUICKENING PACE,
THINKS OF ALL THE JOYS AWAITING HEAVEN WITHIN,
ESPECIALLY THE ENCOUNTER WITH HIS FIRST VIRGIN,
EAGER WITH IMPATIENCE AND SELF IMPORTANT WORTH
HOPE SHE'S NOT AS UGLY,
AS HIS LAST ACT ON EARTH.

NOW THE TIME HAS COME TO BE PROFOUND,
BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE DEAD AND IN THE GROUND,
HAVING LOST ALL EMOTION AND CONCUPISCENCE,
PERFORM THE SAME TASK IN UNISON,
DECAYING SILENTLY WITHOUT STRIFE,
A HUMAN CONDITION PREPOSTEROUS IN LIFE