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[aid] => mick
[title] => Sad Oracle of Delphi, Modern Day Cassandra
[time] => 2005-03-30 06:10:10
[hometext] => 'Delphic Oracle's Lips May Have Been Loosened by Gas Vapors' - National Geographic News August 14, 2001
[bodytext] => 440 B.C., the evidence dispels any doubt, Your reputation led many to seek you out - Herodotus recorded you for posterity, In his convoluted Histories. Led into those fragrant chambers, The invisible seep through sacred waters To divine the future of all things, That told the fate of wars and kings A conduit to Apollo, they thought, A testament to belief being wrought A glimpse of the celestial mosaic? -The reality is more prosaic. Prophetess’ seers, vacticinators, You were all inadvertent petrol sniffers! A line of virgins, pure and devout - All substance abusers, without a doubt And after each visionary session, The terrible headaches and vomiting Not the signs of godly possession, but The consequences of your imbibing. One wonders about the modern junkies Clutching cans and plastic baggies, Shuffling along the city streets, Wobbling and delirious on their feet Mumbling to themselves as they brush aside, Angels and demons they can’t abide What use is prophetic vision, When nobody will listen? [comments] => 1 [counter] => 179 [topic] => 66 [informant] => spike [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 20 [ratings] => 4 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => drugabuse )
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