Zeus (A Prayer)

O great Zeus!
O great progenitor
of dark histories and lost faiths
give us an hour for magic
just to piss the Christians off.

After all,
they're the ones who put us here.

Together
we could burn the churches down
with great bolts of fire and sky.
Together
we could empty all the pews.
Together
we could make them cower in fear
behind ruined and bloodstained altars.
Together
we could yank the Nazarene from his throne
and cast him into
the darkest pits of Tartarus.

O great Zeus!
Hear my humble prayer
and be my god for just one day.
Come down from the sky.
Remind the world
that even gods can die.

     - 6/2/11