Deus Misereatur

Unwilling to accept responsibility

for his own actions, man's first

collective decision was to create

the Creator. In that Supreme Being

would rest the authority to

affect us all, that Spirit would

move us to behave as we do. We

gratefully give ourselves up to

His protection, His mercy; ourselves

giving no quarter, showing no mercy

to those who deny His existence.

Time has changed our perceptions

for once a whole pantheon of gods

rose to our needs, gave way to an

Aton, finally a Jehovah, heir of El.

Man is adaptable, and with his

changing imperatives he recognizes

the need to alter allegiance to

a new supremacy. In this era the

computer is the latest manifestation

of Divine Presence and the seat of

bureaucracy its temples.

Number after number is sacrificed to

appease the god whose fodder we are.

Recognizing safety in anonymity, we

embrace the liturgy of ciphers

and comforted, we exist blindly,

in a  uniform dance of submission.

c.1979