FALSE PRAYERS:  A dark-hearted parody dedicated to Donald Trump

	Blessed be the peace breakers
	and those who kill
	as they please

	Blessed are the covetous
	and those stuffing their pockets
	through greed

	Blessed are the harlots
	willing to put anything on the market
	to expand fiscal opportunities

	Blessed are those claiming to be blessed
	making a profitable business of 'spirituality'

	Blessed are those seeing through these shams
	recognizing nothing of this world
	is blessed

	Benedictions of the Beast
	are many . . .

	yet of Salvation
	what can we say?


Sam: The problem with satire is that it's sometimes hard to tell when the author is serious.

Tim: Does it really matter? Life is one big satire . . . yet also infinitely serious.


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A subverted satire based on The Beatitudes (Luke 6:20-22). 
KEYWORDS: dystopian anti-eulogy, Sermon on the Mount inverted, Hypocrisy, falsehoods, false piety

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1992 in Shizuoka / Finished: 2021 in Yokohama
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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