Religion leers:
“Join me, or you face death,”
And History jeers,
“Inevitable death.”
But Science still adheres
To schemes to postpone death.
The path of a thousand years
Starts with a single breath.
Published online in Bewildering Stories #746, 21 January 2018
Where’s the young man gone
Who lived in mirrors so long?
Putting old masks on.
Published online in The Asses of Parnassus, 11 January 2018
What is the attraction of religion, after all, except a desperate attempt to avoid thinking about one’s annihilation in death?
The Gospel According to the Romans 