Name in Vain

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God damn you!
How can s/he damn you
When s/he doesn’t exist?

God bless you!
How can s/he bless you
When s/he doesn’t exist?

God love you!
How can s/he love you
When s/he doesn’t exist?

Let us pray!
You can pray
all you want
but there is
no one out there
to hear you.

So we’re left all alone
to love one another
and to protect the earth
that sustains us
lest we perish.

For there’s no one,
yes, no one, no one,
out there
in the heavens
who cares.

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By Harry SiitonenÓ
Berkeley, CA
Sept. 26, 2009

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