The Science of Heaven

There is the science of heaven
the pipes and smog and circuits
they try so desperately to sweep under the rug
the 'city of hope' that so resembles the worst of the ghettos of LA.

There is the science of angels
their minds blank, as wires and cords follow the protocol
destroy their thoughts, obliterate free will
mend their 'flaws' until they are fit to be the perfect servants.

And there is the science of the fallen
those creatures of anarchy that dared to escape.
The angels who are forced to crush spirits like butterflies
the beauty of the pressed things, keeping them alive.

There is the science of man
a race faring slightly better beneath a governess of surplus
greed, lust, and an animal hunger for the unattainable
but ignorant, still youthful in their spirituality.

And there is the science of the damned
the two realms of material and imaterial, both purgatories
in which goodness is a conception and evil is a fable for bed time frights
and a hell that neither of their creatures
can escape.

Lauren Hatch
waaaay in November... 2007