It’s not heroic getting crushed
Not by your councillor’s campaign van
Still I got my wish
Shot above the dusty world;
No police, no taxes, no bribes
Never thought I could eat everything
Anything I want and never grow fat
Today I go anywhere on earth for free
No one sees you so you’re never kicked
But I wanted to give
More than I could in my own short life
Selling tea from a raspy rickshaw
Now I could help all
Yet those most in need don’t want aid
I brought a man to his son-in-law
He stood and watched him drown
The pole I tossed thrown down the river
For students who could not pass their exams
I called out answers direct to their dreams
Formed clouds into correct responses
They kept playing games
When I brought rain to two villages
Three clans demanded all the profits
Knifed each other and blasted the generator
Doing good never felt this bad
Finally I accompanied souls to heaven
Yet many did not wish to rise
Claimed they needed to kill their landlord
Woo the lost sweetheart of forgotten youth
When I showed these refusers the great light
They covered their eyes
Shouting it’s not time
I often meet angels who weep like me
Horrified watching new writ history
I was there, I saw it, now I’m erased?
Even the thought dims your halo
It’s no surprise life’s a disappointment
Yet the afterlife may disappoint
Often I feel like laughing or screaming
So I do both
Rumor’s around the boss wants a shake-up
Endless reincarnation until all we get it right
I can’t guess how long that might take
Should I request a new imagination?