After 1 Corinthians Ch. 13

I have drunk the wine from Dionysos' shining cup

and eaten the fungoid flesh of a dying God.

I have inhaled the Delphic fumes

and seen black visions beyond description.

I have sat beneath the Bodhi-tree, pondering the Illusion of Self,

and danced a dirvish to get closer to Allah.

I have sung the Song of Creation, bringing life to a Five-Point Star,

and worshipped naked beneath the light of a pregnant moon.

I have watched as sweating angels fucked upon an altar of stone,

and laughed at Coyote's mischevous pranks.

I have accepted the Spear of Destiny from the Silver Lady,

and warn the Antler-Mask of Power.

I have carried the Savior's Cross to the foot of Golgotha,

and called out my name from the Mount of Gods.

But if I do not love, then what good are these things?

 

written 1997