Effective Saviorism

Old messengers 
would have the young 
know that places are races 
run for audience benefit.

Befit yourself to be unfit,
they say, wagging wrinkled 
fingers in the direction of 
honor chasing arks.

To wish the world drowned 
is to be a jealous possesor 
of a large boat and a complex 
fixation on saving lower fish.