THE WASTES

When is God gonna do something about this trash heap?
An astroid,
a flood,
a big-ass earthquake right up Broadway.
Hell, just take His Big Toe
and crush down the Freedom Tower.
He was so fucking creative in the Old Testament.
Now, only crickets
even when we beg Him to burn this motherfucker up.

… Wait,
I think I get it now.
He’s sitting back on His Holy Lawn Chair
nursing His Holy Beer
and letting us do the job ourselves.
Makes sense, right?
I mean, if your waste bin could empty itself every week,
You’d call it a modern miracle.

Lee Gill is a writer and activist born, raised, and based in New Jersey. His work sheds light on racial injustice, mental health, addiction/recovery and other societal ills that compromise the human experience.