That's right
extravagance was once a sin
your big TV was not a venial sin
atoned for by easy sacraments
No, it was one of the mortal sins
Image each turbo sports coupe
carrying a demonic destroyer of grace
storm clouds gathering over FAO Schwartz
a tempest beset each person exiting the building
once upon a time, the faithful wore hair shirts
as a symbol of earnest devotion
having forsaken luxury and embracing the death of baptism
the wanted to be uncomfortable in their cloths
a constant reminder that their desire belonged
in another plan of existence
now the devout purchase glass cathedrals and gold crosses
wrapped in modern fashion from head the foot
no one ever need wash a brother's feet
nor dry them with their hair
all of the obvious stories of faith
seem to be in the past
now they are so subtle and sly that they are wasted
on the children of cinematic imaginations
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