dark pilgrimage(headless mariachis)

where jesus was buried means a lot to christians
they fight with islam over jerusalem/bethlehem/golgotha
Sacred artifacts of saints -a bone,a finger,the head of a saint
we so value the corporeal/forget the WHY of value
(it is to remind us the body is transitory(as are we
who hold material like the shroud of turin as if it were the body itself
Wrapping is not the gift.Place is not the miracle.Witness is not the saint.
Headless mariachis remind us of the furtive burial of saint osama
the fear of insurrection.the videod killings of saddam and gaddafi
lest we find in the desert a place of pilgrimage-and followers rise up
in another resurrection of the spirit(we bury the body to remove all doubt
autopsies and DNA might clear convicted corpses/
sainthood may be proven by miraculous preservation
Red Square for Lenin,Tiennamen Square for Mao-iconic waxed reminders
of the temporal and temporary clasp on power.Decline over time
like Nero and Reagan,Churchill and Roosevelt.
Bush malapropisms /dyslexic language tortures end in waterboarding
Cults rely upon physical charisma(Clinton)-posthumous fails to impress(Reagan)
Veneration of the body declines over time.
This is why Doubting Thomas's need to see the wounds
before the body is removed from public examination-why Gaddafi was paraded
for days before digital cameras.Why headless bodies roll in the streets of Mexico
Journalists cannot report back from the grave.The last terrorist is death.