Quick!

Someone once said

Religion is the opium of the masses,

and maybe that was true

once upon a time

long before the vastly, interconnected world

we live in today. 

Before the widespread reveal of abuses,

both of money and innocence.

Today, the Church has lost its power.

We have a new opium,

a more refined drug

that doesn’t subdue us

with fear of action.

No.

This new drug,

this heroin of ours

That makes us two dollar

Hookers on the corner street

in order to get our fix

is more insidious

than the opium of the past.

In every home in the world,

from the billion-dollar McMansions

to the shacks in the ghetto,

everyone has access.

See the part where our old opium failed

is that it banked on us being too afraid

to do something

whereas our new heroin

gives us everything we ever wanted

lulling us into doing nothing.

In the brief moments of silence,

somewhere

in the back of our head

we realize this.

Our Response?

Quick!

Change the Channel.

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Written – 10/30/2015

Updated – 3/28/2024