Defying The Devil
Get thee behind me Satan!
Ah...on second thoughts,
perhaps we could come to some
sort of accommodation.
Letīs not be rash or overnice.
What exactly are you offering?
And whatīs the price?
Before we begin the negotiation
I should point out
that Iīm not so naive
as to actually believe
you would answer my every wish.
On the other hand, I donīt expect
you to be satisfied with
something so vague as my eternal soul.
So, if you could see your way to gratifying
some of my outlandish little peccadiloes,
those quirks of taste,
and supplying the necessary dosh
for a life of profligacy and waste
I would be willing to submit
to becoming a social pariah,
to be held up as a bad example,
pointed at, pilloried, reviled
and abused by citizens driven to wild
outrage by my excesses.
I canīt manage all that on my own,
I need a backer.
So, how do you feel?
What do you say?
Is it a deal?
Mike
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