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Zealot_
My friend the Zealot
shot me with a pellet
angry as I didn't bow my head just right
during this implosion
and the batteries corrosion
we couldn't read the gospel
cause hell I didn't have the light
so I asked the pastor
after this disaster
how do you get the cathedral to shine so bright
he looked me in the eye
said it would be fine
a tithe they would collect
to commit my crime
and I said
forgive me, forgive me again and again
shot me with a pellet
angry as I didn't bow my head just right
during this implosion
and the batteries corrosion
we couldn't read the gospel
cause hell I didn't have the light
so I asked the pastor
after this disaster
how do you get the cathedral to shine so bright
he looked me in the eye
said it would be fine
a tithe they would collect
to commit my crime
and I said
forgive me, forgive me again and again
Published 30th Dec 2023
| Edited 7th Jul 2024
Author's Note
What kind of Christian will we have to be?
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30th Dec 2023 5:45pm
Some seriousness
Some humor perhaps
I identity with a lot of what you write.
I stay away from religion but find myself reading subjects related to that calling.
BIG LIKE
Some humor perhaps
I identity with a lot of what you write.
I stay away from religion but find myself reading subjects related to that calling.
BIG LIKE
30th Dec 2023 5:54pm
Thank you Poetspeak I wrote this years ago as a three stanza piece I wanted it to be satirical horrifying and from a point of view from both set of eyes Love thy nieghbor kill and shun the nieghbor if we don't agree
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30th Dec 2023 11:06pm
30th Dec 2023 11:56pm
31st Dec 2023 00:03am
31st Dec 2023 10:30am
Dear BP,
Those zealots. Sometimes a scary lot. I always appreciate a write courageous enough to take on a religious theme. I enjoyed your balance of satire, experience and truth. Terrific writing. H🌷
Those zealots. Sometimes a scary lot. I always appreciate a write courageous enough to take on a religious theme. I enjoyed your balance of satire, experience and truth. Terrific writing. H🌷
31st Dec 2023 7:11pm
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31st Dec 2023 3:24pm
Always seems to be religious organizations are just another corporation and it's still about the bottom line. Making promises they have no intention of keeping. As if they could absolve anyone of anything in any god's name. The arrogance and greed of humanity
31st Dec 2023 7:14pm
22nd Jan 2024 1:53pm
Hahaha! It's not all that bad, is it? Well, tricks some ministers play, keep us off the church. But. I do believe, if you seek The Truth by your own strides you will enjoy; Spirituality rather than religion.
Enjoyed~
Enjoyed~
23rd Jan 2024 7:24pm
Thanks for the read peninnah. Indeed it is not all that bad. At times I don't know if it's something to laugh or cry about though.
7th Jul 2024 3:10pm
"how do you get the cathedral to shine so bright"
asked this question myself so many times, in many different words, under many different circumstances, sometimes I like the answer, sometimes I don't
asked this question myself so many times, in many different words, under many different circumstances, sometimes I like the answer, sometimes I don't
7th Jul 2024 5:15pm
