If Only Lepers Wore Masks

If Only Lepers Wore Masks

John Wilcox

Do you think the bats got COVID from the gloryholes in seedy Asian gay bars? Or perhaps it was the bat(h) houses that their damned souls frequented… In any event, since it was their lack of piety and immorality which caused such a parlour of disease and rot Why should we extend our holy hands?

Relegate them to the ringing of the bell Jesus is out of the office Out on holiday Visiting his family in hell

This pestilence that pervades in perpetuity from a foreigner Turning rancid the soil and all that walks upon it Cleansing the incumbent’s responsibility The spilled milk is always the child's fault

Lord we should be grateful for these tears Instead we rush to wipe them away Time stands still only during its own wake Invectives aimed at false gods One missive for each step of the grieving process Reanimation is not optional my love

Who cares about the rest of the world when one is burying theirs Petrarch's lamentations over his corpse bride an attack on circumstance wrapped in failures

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Why are we all so obsessed with toilet paper? The obese nation is obsessed with toilet paper It's because we are all so full of shit Leave the s’mores for the illegals and pass the bleach around the campfire because all our souls are in need of a good cleanse

Children back in schools is our top priority Get them back in their seats Lies and deceit Multiple choice tests We teach how to cheat On your taxes if you are a member of the ruling class Get out of jail free passes Sell shit on Etsy or at the SuperFlea? IRS is up your asses

History doesn't repeat but how beautifully it rhymes I keep trying to call the dead for help but I am fresh out of dimes Much more fun lays ahead We are all just actors in this pantomime of the living dead

I keep trying to call the dead for help but I am fresh out of dimes Divide and conquercan only work so many times We are all just actors in this pantomime of the living dead Cut the veins of ghosts and let them bleed instead

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