The clouds could open up
revealing the face of god
and I would attribute it
to a phenomenon of weather
an odd congruence of wind
and stratospheric distortion
So ready am I with explanations
"I feel Him when..."
When your endorphins kick in,
when you can't stand alone,
when mass reassurance
is the most volatile form
of peer pressure.
A man could walk across a lake
his glowing halo hazy
in the morning mist
arms outstretched as the blind
drop their canes
and the homeless cluster
around wine-spouting
water fountains,
and I'd say,
"just another copycat illusion,
a Criss Angel-style wannabe."
Poem:
Yep, I'm jaded. But also:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBQLq2VmZcA
What are you supposed to believe these days? What would the second-coming have to do in order to get people to actually notice? A few willing conspirators and some special effects, and you've got a miracle.
Observation:
There is a sign at our local food store Fareway stating they ID anyone under 40 years of age. I thought this was an okay idea at first. That way they don't have to actually ID the people who are obviously over 21, right? Like the ninety year-old lady who wants cigarettes. Sure, that makes sense. But think of the other complications. Like the prematurely balding 33 year-old. This guy walks up, hand in his pocket already grabbing his ID, which he pulled out from his wallet with the expectation of flashing it quickly, only to be rung up and sent on his way, no questions asked. The worst part? Maybe he's so focused on the sequence of events he's expecting that when the cashier jumps straight to asking for cash, he is thrown off, fumbles, and bumbles, and now not only is he feeling prematurely ancient, he's clumsy too. That's sort of the obvious drawback of the ID sign. It doesn't prevent you from offending people by asking them for their ID, it just shifts the demographic of people you upset.
I guess you have to weigh your options. If the sign says you ID everyone, will the old people be mad? And will they be more mad than the 43 year-old guys you make a mistake about and who aren't ready with their ID's? And the 37 year-old ladies you just implied looked older than 40 by not IDing? I think they should probably err on the side of universality here.
