You Can Deserve It and Still Not Get It

[with apologies to H.E. Peter Griffin]

If you do not want to get overwhelmed
by the ugly face and uglier body of reality
invent a myth
believe in it, nurture it
let it take over your life.

One billion souls leading lives
of quiet desperation,
does it matter
deserving or not deserving?

Getting it or not getting -
therein lies the rub,
my Lord !

(c) Max Babi

cheerz!