If you prefer smoke over fire<br />then get up now and leave.<br />For I do not intend to perfume<br />your mind's clothing<br />with more sooty knowledge.<br /><br />No, I have something else in mind.<br />Today I hold a flame in my left hand<br />and a sword in my right.<br />There will be no damage control today.<br /><br />For God is in a mood<br />to plunder your riches and<br />fling you nakedly<br />into such breathtaking poverty<br />that all that will be left of you<br />will be a tendency to shine.<br /><br />So don't just sit around this flame<br />choking on your mind.<br />For this is no campfire song<br />to mindlessly mantra yourself to sleep with.<br /><br />Jump now into the space<br />between thoughts<br />and exit this dream<br />before I burn the damn place down.