If there is god In this she shapes A humble kindness
A small brown box reveals these gifts One large moist spicy pumpkin loaf Heavy like honey with generosity An old slim book of poetry In each word upon the page a mans longing And new to me A card sacred for such touching humility
These gifts sent to a woman never met Who writes her secrets on a disappearing page Perhaps to never know if they are understood Light sent into a void and answered like a prayer
And yet here is proof: a loaf, a book of poetry, a card
Are You In Favor of Theocracy? Move To Utah. Utah is a Theocracy. I know of no other state that can make that claim. I could be wrong, but if I am I'm sure you'll let me know. The Mormon Church has a strangle hold on Utah. And the group of wise old white men on your left is the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. Oh yes, we have living, breathing, Apostles. Notice the pasty faces on these very clean cut, well connected men. Men rule everything in Utah. You'll like it here if feminism gets your goat. Uppity women are few and far between. And homosexuals? What homosexuals? According to a lot of Mormons, we have none. Oh yeah, Utah is the State of Denial.
Democrats live, for the most part, in Salt Lake City. Why is that? The University of Utah is a bastion of Moderation. Not liberal exactly, but moderate. In Utah, if you are a moderate, you are more than likely a Democrat.
And what do our Republican Representatives look like and how do they sound? Chris Butters is my favorite:
Come one, come all, bring your religious fundamentalist republican wingnutty selves to Utah, a state that welcomes you in all your nutty nuttiness, so long as you aren't gay.
And if I haven't convinced you yet that Utah is the place to bring your Theocratic selves check out these statistics.
If all you theocrats came to Utah, the rest of us could live in a country that might have a chance of being tolerant, inclusive, and free. Ah yes, let freedom ring for the rest of us. You theocrats can have your very own state with really strange liquor laws--heck, you could make it dry again.
I am a self-published writer of short stories, poetry, and politics. I'm a rescuer of dogs and stray cats. I believe everything is political—especially sex and religion.
