
Temple Shadows
by Parallax· from Mediums & Messages
A million dollars. A thousand steeples. Monuments to denial. Organized
isolation. Homogenized communication. No venue for dialog. Language has been
rewritten. This dialog is one way. The opposite of reciprocation. Non-believers
are made to be non-existent. Disallowed in dialog. These saints reject the
everyday. Mindlessly march. Defying the definite. I will burn the words that
dominate dialog. I want reciprocation beyond boundaries. Is there communication
beyond abstraction? I may be faithless. But I am no mindless marcher. Subject
to kings and rulers. I am not the lesser. This cast mold architecture. Reflects
the value of symmetry. Congruent culture. Uniformity of thought. Identical
appearance. One vision mono-culture. Dwelling in the shadows of temples.
Guarded from the uncertain. Zion's children are dying to escape. This culture
has failed. There are no words for dissent. There are no words to challenge.
Another funeral another failure to deny. White washed. Another problem to hide
another silenced suicide. History has been rewritten. I have been written out -
presupposed. A non-believer, non-existent. Disallowed in dialog. I will burn
the words that dominate dialog. I want reciprocation beyond boundaries. Is
there communication beyond abstraction? I may be faithless. But I am no
mindless marcher. Subject to kings and rulers. I am not the lesser.
From the booklet:
It would take someone who has never been here(Utah) five minutes to realize how everything is dominated by Mormonism.The uniformity of thought,image,and the domination of dialogue leaves no options of venues for discussion/help for some of the biggest problems in this area.These problems include: teen pregnancy,drug addiction/overdose,and suicide.It has been reported that there is one death a week due to heroine overdose in the Utah valley alone.There is a church every two blocks but not one homeless shelter.Nothing is said-nothing is done-at the risk of being shunned and embarrassed.