Be a poet!.Not a novelist-Salman Rushdie had a fatwa
which meant he needed bodyguards for years
Nor film maker-that Amsterdam documentor of Mohamed's life
ended up with a knife in his chest
and avoid being a woman-they still get stoned&disfigured
and men do not.If you are avoiding christians
their censorship and persecutions
be careful with your art!
(Remember piss christ and Robert Mapplethorpe!
Remember Tipper Gore and FCC fines
Remember all those fig leaves in Vatican hands
It seems that hate has become a family value
and commentators the new Pontius Pilates
if you wish to avoid burkhas-change sex!
Both religions are patriachal-both proscribe and regulate sex
Do not be a cartoonist!Bombs get thrown
when Mohamed's image is drawn
and humor is seen as irreverent
It does not matter if you are neither islamic nor christian
paedophile priests persist in judgment calls
and innocence is no defense.Separation of church and state
has not stopped subsidies of churches
bibles are still dropped in third world countries
and missionaries persist in destroying indigenous worship
Christian entertainers foisted on troops
prayer meetings (but not for pagans or atheists)
priests blessing war.All this is not yours
It is conflict imported from belief.
You do not need to believe a thing.
Just avoid christians,islamics,jehovah witnesses,seventh day adventists,baptists,born agains,fundamentalists-anyone who tries to censor your poems
then tell me how well you succeed!
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