The Anti-Beatitudes

Distraught are the rich, for theirs are the walls of fear and insufficiency.

Careless are those who know not death, for they cannot reach the fragility of love.

Restless are the gourmands, they will be driven mad by thirst and hunger without end.

Hapless are those who live without righteousness, for they sputter and cough without the breath of passion.

Empty are the powerful, who quarrel over kingdoms of dust.

Deplorable are the judgmental, for they seek in vain their own pardon.

Ignorant are the selfish, for they are blind to the rewards of service.

Abhorrent are the masters of war, for their petty violence will disappear into the fathoms of the earth.