70,000 Hoops

What is it you need: A job? A loan? A doctor’s visit? An—ugh—insurance claim? Here’s seventeen forms And a roll of red tape We need your picture Your fingerprints Eight forms of identification And a letter of recommendation What’s your income? Are you married? Do you have kids? What color is your skin? Sign the dotted line And initial eighty times Only to hear Maybe Your case is under review We’ll get back to you (“soon”) Sixty days or six to eight weeks Number thirty-something on the waiting list Oh so very glad It’s not the same with God No hoops to jump No red tape (Just red Blood— already spilled) All you have to do: Simply believe —You’re pre-approved