They say forgiveness is a virtue,
but we’d rather keep our anger.
They say charity is a blessing,
but we’d rather get than give.
They say truth is for the best,
but we’d lie to the moon
if it suited us,
if the stars came down with it
with clipboards and ball-points
putting nebulous microphones
to our earthen lips; Neptune
taking photos of us, our hands
on the Bible, _we sw...
