Friday, November 18, 2011

Greed - The Monster in the Garden

Cynthia Zhang      November 18, 2011


Greed - The Monster in the Garden



Yawning,

The twin brother of God,

Looks around,

Ready to snatch

Anything, everything

To fill his

Insatiable appetite.



God Himself has gone mad,

Leaving His garden unattended.

It is time,

It is time.

It is time for his twin

To play

With his invisible hand.



 Trotting around

With one hand massaging

His pot belly,

God's brother

Yawns and yawns.



The pleasure of hunting

Is tempting, tempting.

The two lovers' kisses

Are disgusting, disgusting.

The admiration for God

Is... a little bit itchy.

And when He is mad?

The brother scratches his

Bulging eyes:

Enough, enough.



The instinct is to

Pounce and tear.

Like a lion,

I will roar and rule.

For the pleasure,

Out of respect for my brother,

It is safe to play God.



Let's start with the lovers.

Tell, tell every detail

In your little tiny heads.

Why on earth do you

Ever dare to kiss,

And in public?

Is there any shame

Left?



Now, you crippled.

Your dignity should have been

Buried,

If not a long time ago

With your sturdy limbs.

Was it a smear on your face

When you glimpsed

At my eternal peace

Of sleep?



Well, well, well,

The mass.

A little crush on God?

An easy life in the garden?

Did you ever notice

He has a brother,

Lying there,

Pretending to be obedient,

Out of modesty?

His brother looks different

But has the same

Steel will.

His brother does not

Allow the ignorance,

Like weed,

To grow in the garden.

You are all my games!



Thunder in the sky,

Rolling storm,

And,

Lightening!

You bugs!

Kill, kill, kill!

My invisible hand,

Hidden in heaven,

Will not show

Stains of blood!

Blood of bugs!



The garden of God

Is a barren land

After all these...



The lifeless like creatures

Are not without life.

The game like fate

Is not for them.

They know too well

What is precious.

Their very life is a given

That cannot be

Taken

In vain.



Thunder in the sky,

Rolling storm,

And,

Lightening.

The lives believed to

Have been lost

To the game,

Is bursting

The big stomach

Of the twin brother

Of God.

The juggernaut,

The great,

The invisible...

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