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Thank you Chris for the inspiring upstream article!

"A little while, a little longer..." but not for much longer according to this poem by English Poet and Philosopher, Brian Taylor:

GATES OF EDEN

It is now two millennia since

the Security Seraphims

were withdrawn

and the Gates of Eden reopened

to the General Public.

Free Admission

to all children

(before their parents succeeded

in banning them).

Free Passes

to those adults who agree

to leave their baggage outside

(as strongly recommended by JC)

and successfully passed

the Camel’s Eye of a Needle Security Check.

(C.E.N.S.C.)

This will detect even your bikini

and any other thoughts

left over from heavy addiction

to the fruit

of the Tree of Knowledge.

It is surprising and chastening

how few (excepting children)

have availed themselves of this

Once-in-a-Lifetime opportunity.

Especially

as it is rapidly approaching

its Expiry Date.

Outside the gates,

are innumerable camper vans,

over-flowing removal lorries

and the charred remains

of dead animals (holy sacrifices).

Together with a jostling crowd

of fashionably robed

Bishops and priests,

some artificially bald;

some with original designer beards.

They are selling

genetically modified,

original cuttings

from the Tree of Knowledge,

together with heavily translated

instruction manuals;

each with its individual

Stamp of Infallibility.

These guarantee to give you

instant and privileged entry,

via a back door (with donation box)

to the Garden of Life

(as soon as you are safely dead).

Once the Expiry Date is reached

(determined by when Planet Earth

can no longer cope

with man’s inhumanity

to man and nature),

the killings by man

will be replaced with

the cullings of men;

controlled, systematic, cosmic.

Then the Gates of Eden

will be closed once more.

Seraphims will be reinstalled

with suicide bombs

(make your own),

missiles, and drones

instead of flaming swords.

The discarded cuttings

from the Tree of Knowledge

will grow into a concealing forest,

peopled by a race

of test-tube-originated primates.

And God will try again elsewhere.

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Beautiful!

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This is beautiful and thank you for the reminder, inspiring and empowering.

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Thank you for this beautiful reflection. It is inspired and inspiring.

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