“The serial killer and the leftist are exactly the same:
Their world is wrong—and the prostitute is to blame.
To forgive the prostitute is the strategy He tried,
But new prophets arose when Our Savior died.”
“You can’t do that,” the new prophets said,
“If you forgive the prostitute, morality is dead.
Pursuit of happiness is wicked and lazy.
Christianity as government is crazy.
Plenty overbrims, so government must say
Exactly what impulses are permitted today.
A fake god forgives, while prostitutes turn tricks
Is the evil of right-wing politics.
Civilized and astute, the modern age
Presents smooth jazz to mitigate our rage,
But we still feel it—jeez, I lose my mind
When profits and pleasure pretend to be kind.”