The spirit cannot stand for too long

Prostitution
Adultery
Promiscuity
Idolatry

Deception

Forbidden fruit poisons
And the death that follows is very, very quick

The soul cannot stand for too long

Reality tv
Breakfast tv
Celebrity

Free papers
News obsession
Tabloid lying

No good thought
No good word
No good act

No art
No passion
No pain

Memorise the few things that the soul cannot stand for too long
So as to avoid a slow, slow death
Rehearse them every morning whilst looking in the mirror
Because they are easily forgotten and very, very hard to resist

The body cannot stand for too long

Bereavement
Betrayal
A brave face
Torture
Solitary confinement
The flow of water and of memory
Questions unanswered and unseeking
The eye of the storm
Sadness entering the soul
Unending snowfall
Relentless sunshine
Waterless places
Lovelessness
Foodlessness
Homelessness
A diet of carelessness and control
Tiredness and loneliness and bloodshed
A slow heart beat or a fast one
Or Impact
Or dictatorships
Obscenity or obesity
Trivia or tireless complexity
Concrete
The colour grey
Confusion
Negation
No touch
No air
No light
Nonsense
There are many, many things under heaven that a body cannot stand for too long
Start your own list
Publish the findings
Call a summit
Deprivation and excess are crimes against humanity <> perpetual death

Spectacle

This is not the time to come clean
This is not the time to be seen

Come out of the shadows
Lift up your eyes to the hills
A helper comes

This is the time of clouds
The opening of heaven's gate

People are dying
Slower than a fading star

People are living
Faster than a speeding bullet