The Bard on Prophet Luxon
The Prophet in Gilead
Prophet Luxon walked upon the shores of Gilead. Great travails were upon the land; and his flock argued amongst themselves. The Prophet speaketh to the villagers. Lo, saith the Prophet, I am pro-life. And the villagers cheered and burned another sacrifice to their Stern God. But then the Prophet speaketh to the ladies of Babylon. Lo, saith the Prophet, I am pro-choice. And the ladies were puzzled by the difficult lessons this Prophet taught. How can this be, they saith to one another. So the High Priests of the Press Temple studied the words of the Prophet. And after many nights weighing his proverbs they saith to the curious onlookers, this prophet is truly all things to all people; he giveth and he taketh away, he is both fish and fowl. But the Prophet's disciples were unruly and did not follow his teachings; for the sign of true faith in a disciple is to causeth not grief to his leader. Disciple Simon Of Tamaki mounted the temple walls and guffawed and cavorted; and he mocketh the ladies of Babylon and shouted ya boo! Sux to be you! Back to the kitchen, wenches! So there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth; and Prophet Luxon offered frank learnings to Disciple Simon. One does not seek out the nest of the hornet merely to smack it with a stick, he counselled: learn the way of the Lord. And that way is to say this thing, and sayeth the other thing; until eventually no one knows what is what and all hear what they wish to hear. And then, said the Prophet, when we have thoroughly bamboozled all, we will deliver Gilead to our Stern God.
Victor Billot has previously felt moved to compose Odes for such luminaries as the Prime Minister, Louise Wallace, Mike Hosking, Clarke Gayford, Brian Tamaki, and Garrick Tremain.
