nelly136's poetry thread inspired me.

by Abandoned 17 Replies latest jw friends

  • Abandoned
    Abandoned

    I was reading through nelly136's thread on disgusting dub poetry (http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/6/124225/1.ashx) and I felt inspired. This is what I came up with. It's still a little rough, but let me know what you think. Perhaps it could become a collaboration.

    The Year Marketeers
    I still remember when jehovah was courting
    with killing the bad in the year nineteen fouteen
    Then we were told we'd want to be alive
    To see the destruction in ninteen twenty-five

    But those years passed us by without armageddon's debris
    Perhaps it would happen in nineteen forty-three
    World war two disappeared in the anuls of time.
    And there on the horizon sat nineteen seventy-five.

    People sold houses and gave up their careers
    To preach of the kingdom as faithful pioneers
    But all that remained in brooklyn's bag of tricks.
    Was another new year - nineteen seventy-six.

    Some faithful were hurt and others offended.
    Wondering why satan's world hadn't ended.
    Then, one of the governing body showed strength.
    He exposed all the lies and was kept at arm's length

    They called him apostate but he more resembled Isis.
    For he mustered the courage to pen Conscience In Crisis.
    This wonderful book spread the truth far and wide.
    That the governing body of jehovah's witnesses lied.

    They lied when they taught that they were god's servant.
    They lied quite convincingly - many felt they were fervent.
    But since they were liars - merely arrogant jerks,
    They lived off the faithful with decadent perks.

    Then in the year of nineteen ninety-five
    The governing body feared their cult wouldn't survive.
    They needed a way to ensure their high station.
    By doing away with the nineteen fourteen generation.

    Those who escaped from these abhorrent cultists.
    Shared of their time and their stories to assist.
    By two thousand six the cultists were dwindling.
    Many used watchtower literature for kindling.

    What can we learn from the watchtower's story?
    Think for yourself or you'll end up someone's quarry.

  • nelly136
    nelly136

    cool

  • bernadette
    bernadette

    Hi Abandon
    something to add 
     
    You sit in your high Brooklyn Tower
    As the innocent suffer in your power
    Comfortable and at ease in your stronghold
    While the rank and file do they are told
    tears and blood from you run in a stream
    as the orphans and poor lose self-esteem
    comfort and help comes from those who rove
    through the vast internet treasure trove
     
     
  • fullofdoubtnow
    fullofdoubtnow

    Excellent work Abandoned, it sums up wts history very well.

  • Abandoned
    Abandoned

    Thanks nelly136 and fullofdoubtnow.

    bernadette, I love your additions. Do you have a preference of where they get inserted?

  • BCZAR2ME
    BCZAR2ME

    Are you saying that underneath that cold heartless exterior you just want to be loved?

    bczar

  • BCZAR2ME
  • Abandoned
    Abandoned

    Are you saying that underneath that cold heartless exterior you just want to be loved?

    bczar

    Am I that transparent?

  • bernadette
    bernadette

    good question!

    Got any ideas?

  • Abandoned
    Abandoned

    good question!

    Got any ideas?

    I think it would go good after the "generation of 1914" line.

    OH, and I'd like to make some minor changes to convert it to third person. I don't know why, but I like it better that way.

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