After the Reboot 

The holiday season will be renamed the 

shopping season 

and the only reason we celebrate 

will be for the sales 

and Jesus and the Pilgrims can take a hike 

or be archived or whatever,,,

* * *

The world I knew no longer exists
and the things I was taught to ignore or avoid
are now mainstream
and the faith it took to come up right
has disappeared into the night

and it’s almost as if my parents
were wrong about everything.