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Judas Sop

Look at those leper thieves in the temple, crooked preachers taking their crouching cut Spotted souls standing at the pulpit, spewing false doctrines of idol prosperity Blind guides for the carnal-minded simple, scaly bellies full of paper worms from the flesh glut Iscariot eyes ... silver coins culprits Clouds without water, empty wells of charity Partakers of the beheading and crucifixion, trading places with a devilish grin Sons of Herod and Pilate wearing ceremonial cloaks of iniquity Leopard paw jaws speaking carcass perdition, shedding innocent blood is a kill sin Holy laws they love to violate, lusting to rule with wanton authority Smell the greedy dogs who can’t get enough, wicked moneychangers vomiting on the feast table Balaam eyes receiving their Judas sop, carry that holey money bag bound tight to their hip Robed impostors living on an identity bluff, telemarketing bazaar salvation purchased on cable Selling good luck incense 6 dollars a pop, as their alm lips got a closed grip on the money clip

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Date: 12/13/2018 9:49:00 AM
Incisive and ruthless as ever, RW, and written with your familiar fizz, nice one.
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Date: 12/9/2018 9:26:00 AM
Your insight reminds me of someone who once wrote, "The avaricious man is like the barren sandy ground of the desert, which sucks in all the rain and dews with greediness but yields no fruitful herbs or plants for the benefit of others."
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