In Sum

Religion is a deaf and dumb and blind

Predicter.  It pretends — but that is all.

Its walking cane is white and red.  Its mind

Sees less than canes, its hearing aid too small

To hear beyond the grave.  Religion speaks.

That’s true, but backward like an LP forced

Against all common sense.  So, little squeaks

And scratches fill the séance room, divorced

From truth except for gullible, blind eyes

And ears too desperate to hear some sound

Not there.  The LP squawks of pretty skies,

Refusing to admit what’s underground.

  Religions and philosophies like Zen

    Should shut their mouths for women and for men.

~ Phillip Whidden