midway midway along his walk of the wire he determined his path towards heaven or hellfire he’s not quite sure as anyone else and they call him faithless and he used to call them stupid now he just names everyone maybe           finding your own way can be as tedious           as dental floss lined with fingernail clippings minus the hygiene           stephen combined question points with exclamation marks           he asked: “is fast forward faster than rewind?           is it dark? string? super? what kind?”           if stephen taught me anything, it’s:           don’t take those microwave directions as the bible           don’t take the bible as the bible           and whatever you do, don’t hold jesus liable           we grew up, our faces skewed, skewered by belief           we don’t ask where we picked it up           that’d be negative relief, not inverted fuss           since we upgraded to plexiglas, it’s like it isn’t even there           but it’s holding us                      for the sake of adventure, i hope isaac and pop were wrong                      a throng flocked towards their side                      they’ve fallen as much as i                      you make god seem so human                      she gets angry                      when people do things wrong                      he gets angry                      when people do things wrong                      and you’ll get your punishment                      for the things you did wrong

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