i sit here funky
in a not so easy easy-chair
tried, back aching
thigh pulsing, bowels un-moving
waiting to awake enough
to read or stand or walk about
while thoughts and problems
pester my mind

i'm tired more that an ox circling an immobile stake
grinding corn of which it cannot partake

am i sick of conscientiousness
conscious enough to do something like
form a club, write a letter
go ballistic, be depressed
something on a Monday afternoon
listless in the summer heat
listening to myself complain
about this and that

where is God when you need God
as if needs the only use for "being God"?

perhaps i'll feel better
once my constipation's gone
and i am up and about
spirited again



*Thoughts of some atheists:

-That which has been believed by everyone always and everywhere has every chance of being false.
                                                                                                                                            Paul Valery

-In a sense all my work is about a search for values, or a code of honor, that one can live by.
                                                                                                                       Mordecai Richler

-The only thing I hold against my dad...is that he was an atheist until he found out he was dying.  Then he turned into a major coward, and went back to the Catholic fold.
                                                                                             W.P. Kinsella

-Raven is the force that keeps the world turning.  Raven is a demigod who does nothing inadvertently.  He goes through eternity turning over rocks to see what's underneath.
Bill Reid

-I think love is the obligation you have to give relationships meaning.
                                                                                               June Rule

-I find the whole pageant of life and evolution just wonderful.
                                                                          Robert Munsch