Benevolent gods
Fill the cathedrals
with a cacophony
Wails of sorrow
from the lonely
The addicted
The Machiavellian
The pessimistic
Flocking and migrating
Back to safe havens
A ball of clambering men
Like ants
Stepping, clawing
Create a fleshy monument
A vibrating, convulsing tower
Stretching up to the ceiling
Hundreds of desperate hands
Smear the oil painted faces
The naked cherubs
Crumble the holy limestone
Murder the Virgin Mary
Clutch her skirts
Scratch her skin
Tear her body limb from limb
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Benevolent gods
Fill the cathedrals with inferno
Pour gasoline into ant nests
Set human buildings on fire
Divine barbecue
Bursts the stained glass like balloons
And humanity
Has never felt so earthly
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