Contagion

It spreads Coughing and sneezing, not vectors Dogma, ideology, ignorance Selfishness, stupidity Spread the true disease Religion No longer Osiris Zeus, Apollo, Thor How silly would that be No; after 30,000 years of civilization Finally The one (or two, or three)true gods We cough on our young Spewing this irrational infection Disabling them, perhaps for life I have recovered My antibodies are life-saving A dose of rationality Common sense Experiential reality The injection stings momentarily Then Recovery The prognosis Freedom Equality Peace