I

“You do not know my father,

otherwise you would know me”

Said the man in the white cloth

obey what those who said

they know— betray, betray, betray

II

The only thing God

ever created was eternity,

everything real

is an illusion

(not in the blueprint)

III

You know the periodic table of elements?

My flesh knows it.

I’m in pain—

the grass knows it.

the metal knows it.

all the pesticides know it.

IV

“That’s nice”

Yes. That landscaping,

that shirt, that green-blue planet

murder and money

right there

in the palm

of your right hand

V

“Life is not fair”

try hell

try death

try never

being born

then

and

only

then

can you tell me that