19 June 2007

The Testament

pull out the propositions
statues of limitations
listless and irritated
faceless yet imitated
powerless
profane
projecting from parchment
black on white
to men
to women
to kids
to
this
the mind
synapses
fired
impulses
rewired
cooperation
required
even if
uninspired
product of repetition
collective indecision
culture from collusion
from pen
to paper
to product

3 comments:

Justin Hancock said...

This is the major thought: What power is inherent in a document? Be that document a constitution, a holy manuscript, a novel, a poem... wherein lies its authority?

faith said...

darn good question.

jc said...

this is really good, Justin! I don't really know. Except that "the Word became flesh" - there is authority in that.