if i were to invent a religion

if i were

to

invent a religion

there would be no more

preachers

with leer jets

and mansions, no toll free

number

to fill their coffers,

no gold chalices

and art from

the Renaissance age,

no hysterical nonsense

with gyrating

bodies

and tossing of snakes,

no robes,

no gowns, no smoke

and mirrors.

it would be exactly

like the Sermon on

the Mount.