Yes, taking off from Neil Gaiman's "American Gods"...
Maybe the Old Gods
don't quite have
that secret Mojo anymore.
But our New American Gods
seem disappointing,
and pretty damn
hollow.
Gods Like:
Fame
Celebrity
$
Billionaires
TV
iPhone
Media
Bullies
World Wide Web
Tech Nerds
Fossil Fuels
Tabloids
Big Pharma
Gossip
Capitalism
Self-Made Men
Oxycontin
Fentanyl
Of course there are
still a few potent,
intoxicating Gods:
Sex
Drugs (the fun ones)
R&R
They are the backbone
of the catalog,
the Holy Grail.
But those Diehard Gods
often lead us to
bleak dead-ends:
Divorce
Rehab
Coldplay
We are in a Crisis
of Belief