Are You Easy To Deceive?



I Think It's Kinda Funny,
For A Grown Man To Believe;
In Santa Clause, The Foo Foo Bunny,
Or In A Rich, Buck-Tooth Fai-ry.

So Most Of You Will Try To Say,
But That's Just Make Believe.
So Who Gets To Draw The Line Between
What’s Believed And What’s Deceived?

Do You Know The Difference,
Between Real And Make Believe?
Are You An Educated Person?
Do You Know, When You've Been Deceived?

Do You Believe In Ghosts,
Haunting Houses, Beetlejuice?
In The Salem Witches Hanging,
By Their Necks, From A Noose?

Do You Sleep At Night With Garlic,
To Keep The Vampires At Bay?
Do You Own A Silver Bullet,
For A Werewolf, Just-In-Case?

Do You Believe In The Monster,
Who Lives Under Your Bed?
Is The El Chupacabra,
Dangerous, When He's Not Fed?

Do You Really Think Big Foot Lives,
Somewhere In The Park?
Or That Jason And Freddy,
Are Gonna Get You, In The Dark?

Are You Scared By Spooks & Demons,
Or By Dr. Frankenstein?
I Bet You Go A Howling When,
The Blood Moon's In The Sky.
 
Do You Find That You Worry,
When Your Stomach Starts To Ache?
Out Might Pop Weaver's Alien,
To Bite A Chunk, Off Your Face?

Are You One Who Believes,
That The Dead Could Walk The Earth?
Or That The Loch Ness Monster,
Might Have Just Given Birth?

So You Think You Know The Difference,
Between Real And Make Believe!
You're An Educated Person,
Not So Easy, To Deceive!

Are You Concerned By Count Dracula,
Sipping Blood, From Your Arm?
Or The Children Of The Corn,
Paying You A Visit, From Their Farm?

Does The Chucky Doll Come To Life,
At Night, When You Close Your Eyes?
Are You Afraid That A Cyclops,
May Find You, And Take Your Life?

Have You Been Duped Into Thinking,
Lord Vader Might Be A Winner?
Or That Siren You Went Out With,
Might Instead, Have You For Dinner?

Yeah, I'm Sure You Know The Difference;
Between Real And Make Believe?
After All... You're An Educated Person,
You Can't Be That Easy To Deceive.

Do You Believe In The Virgin Mary's,
Immaculate Conception?
Or The Stronger Possibility,
It Was Just A Great Deception?

Do You Know What Happens Today,
When Someone Claims To Be A Virgin?
Nine Months Later They Call Her Crazy,
When She Begins To Start Her Birthin.

Do You Believe That Noah's Ark,
Saved The World From Tragedy?
Or Was It All, Just A Lark?
Think How Big, That Boat Must Be.

How Exactly Does One Fit,
Two Of Everything;
In A Football Field Sized Boat,
Unless You're A Super Human Being?

Do You Believe In Magic,
Or Is It Simply, Slight Of Hand?
Then Why Believe, In A Magic Creature,
Who Created All The Land?

Is It Because It Was Written,
In A Book So Long Ago?
I’m Pretty Sure They Still Had Fiction,
Back In The Days Of Old.

So Let's Say I Have A Book,
That Was Written Long Ago;
It Preaches People Who Own Cats,
Are The Devil's Children, They Must Go.

If My Unholy Day Is Monday,
It Clearly States, In My Beliefs;
On This Unholiest Of Days,
I Only Wear, My Skimpy Briefs.

You People Would Call A Meeting,
Have Me Hanging From A Tree.
Crucified, Struck By Lightning,
Exorcize, The Demons In Me.

It's Fun To Watch These Movies,
And We All Know, That They're Not Real.
But People Kill For Their Religion,
I Don't Get It, What's The Deal?

Are You Sure You Know The Difference,
Between Real And Make Believe?
Sure… You're An Educated Person,
But Are You Easy To Deceive?

When I Think About Religion,
What That Message Is Supposed To Be.
I Think It Would Be A Better Message,
If You Christian Folks Weren’t So Mean.

Whatever Happened To Love Thy Neighbor,
Do On To Others, And Everything Nice?
It Seems Like Greed Controls The World,
But Greed Is A Sin, So It's A Role Of The Dice.

I Think Of Being Good Examples,
For All The Children Of The Land.
Helping Those Who Hit The Ground,
Get Back Up, & Take A Stand.

I Think Of People Coming Together,
In One Another's Time Of Need.
I Think Of Helping Out With Chores,
When It's Your Neighbor's Turn To Grieve.

I Do Believe In Morals,
And Working Hard To Do What's Right;
But Sometimes I Think Society,
Might Have Lost It's Sight.

I Work Hard, Not To Judge,
Things I, Do Not Understand.
Just Because You’re NOT For Me,
Does NOT Make, You Less A Man.

I Don't Get Religiously Offended,
By People Not Like Me Or You.
I Simply Look The Other Way,
Don't Freak Out, Come All Unglued.

It's Arrogant, Obnoxious;
To Think Any Way, Is The Only Way.
We All Must Share This Planet,
Here On Earth, We All Must Stay.

I Hear You Say Islam Is Wrong,
And Muslims Cannot Force Their Ways!
But It's OK For Stupid Christians,
To Spread Their Hatred Of The Gays?

You People Need To Stop,
All The Hatred From Your Books.
Written Some Thousand Years Ago,
Times Have Changed, Go Take A Look.

Are You Sure You Know The Difference,
Between Real And Make Believe?
I Know You're An Educated Person,
But... Are You Easy To Deceive?

You Know What's Shocking To Me?
There Are Those Who Still Believe,
That Every Single Family Tree;
Will Lead Us Back, To A & E.

I Guess If That's Really The Way,
The Human Race Got Started;
No Wonder Why The World Today's,
So Blatantly Retarded.

Can U Say “IN-BRED”
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If There Really Was A God,
Who Wanted All The World To Know.
Why Not Just Wiggle His Nose,
And Put Us On, A Fabulous Show?

As An Entrance He Could Send,
A Dooms-Day Rock, Straight For Earth.
Then Just Before It Strikes The Ground,
Out He Pops, Like It's Given Birth.

And This Is What He Would Say:

“All Of You Are Welcome,
In My Kingdom, After Death.
No Matter How You’ve Lived Your Life,
Even If You Leave My World A Mess.

All That You Must Do,
To Reside In Heavenly Estates;
Is Simply Believe In Me,
I'll Buzz You Through The Pearly Gates.”

Are You Sure You Know The Difference,
Between Real And Make Believe?
You're An Educated Person,
But Are You Easy To Deceive?

About this poem

I wrote this poem to enlighten people. Encourage people to think instead of just blindly believing what they are told by someone just because they are a person of faith.

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Written on November 06, 2023

Submitted on November 06, 2023

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