smoking kills

today our god smoked a lot
just look at those heavy clouds
then he took a massive piss
for nine hundred sixty hours

noah chopped huge planks of wood
did it with his chopping fist
slapped together a wee boat
before the waters could rise

the re’em poked its nose inside
but noah shooed it away
It was crowded & stuffy
re’ems were bigger than blue whales

upset, the re’em craned its neck
& pricked god’s arse with its horn
upset, god smote the re’em back
right up its almighty crack

then the firmament crackled
& the waters subsided
like gurgling down a drain hole
along with the re’em’s remains

noah’s wee boat went aground
atop a big arse mountain
creatures piled out & ran off
scattering every which way

noah then got himself drunk
pitched a tent, slept in the buff
put one son in a tizzy
the others covered his bits

happily ever after
multiply & fill the earth
venerate or freaking else
these our smoking god decreed

as a sign of his good grace
covenant with man & beast
a rainbow was set in clouds
then the gays came & stole it

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2024

dignity

my life has value
more than your godish rainbows
& your dogma trees

we love who we are
if it’s all the same to you
this ain’t your babel
the stormfront at your table
don’t you know, is all on you

know the breath in me
blow a kinder rainbow on my cheek
show my life respect

by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2024

Cracker-barrel Philosophy (Postcard Set #4)

by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2020