Ignore the monsters in the
shadows.
Life is not like your
childhood cartoons,
and that is not a cape on
your back.
The stories in the papers
are all true –
in as much as any of them
can be.
But don’t imagine for one
moment
those monsters are the
real evil.
Go looking for monsters to
kill
and they will all have the same
face:
something like the face of
your father,
something like the face of
your mother.
The beasts you should fight --
if that really was a cape on
your back --
wear expensive suits
and sit in the front pew on
Sunday,
smiling while you pray penitent
prayers
knowing they have made you
afraid of the dark.
when real evil sleeps in
the sun.