American Gods

Old gods lie abandoned
Battered in the bloody dust
Left without a second though
As their clergy arrives here

Given up for American Gods
The god of credit card
of internet, of gossip
The god of celebrity
of entitlement, of pharmaceuticals,
of casual sex

The deities of Tele-(vision and phone)

Do those old gods survive?
The god of virtue
of creativity, of inspiration
The god of life
of history, of health,
of love

The deities of our fathers

Do you remember them?

Athena lies dead
Ravaged by internet

Hermes, quick wit
Done in by highway

Osiris sleeps, bound
Held by the magics of chemistry

Zeus, thunderstruck
Power grids hold him

Tyr lost his other hand
In the blast of an atom bomb

Ares yet thrives
Wandering the middle east and Africa

Aphrodite enslaved
In the eyes of Hollywood

Cellphone spreads the word
Television is communion
Internet the bible
Banks, your churches
Convenience your reward

The backwards ways
Of the gods of old
Scorned by the laity
Of the American Gods

The monuments of laser light
The gospel of the anchorman
The oracle of stockbrokers
The true cross of video
Even the saints of industry

They claim to preserve
No oil, no meat, no impact
Yet their forefathers die

Your American Gods
Have come to save you
From creativity
From having to think

Twinkies, the body
Coke, the blood
For the concealment of sin

Those American Gods
Start a mission in Europe
Another in China
As the spirits flee

The American Gods
Fight for dominance
To become
The Modern Gods

they hunt down resistors
Through GPS
They destroy them
Through anti-psychotics

Those Modern Gods
Like AIDS and Internet
Invade the world
Of the fallen gods