Religion's Mask
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this poem is best read with Jimi Hendrix's "If six was nine" playing in the background, and read with Frank Zappa's voice.
2nd Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Religion wrapped up with a bow
Sanitized, alphabetized, in
order all up in a row
No questions asked your belly
full your pockets overflow
Sieg heil, tow the party line
You'll be religion"s ho
Grab your pitchforks, torches
too we marching up the hill
The doctors in with body parts
and still attempts to build
In frenzy and with blood thirst
no mercy we'll extend
No matter what the truth is
we rally all the troops, and fight until the end
Just justify your actions
And say "God told me to"
For this will ease your conscience
And make your lie sound true
While the things that really
matter
Are lying unattended
To Mercy Grace or Humility
Your knee remains unbending
Your form of godliness has no
power God can see
But just hold another seminar
and make the topic . . .
me!
Stroke my pride fix my
marriage and my children too
Three easy steps become a
partner and then it's free for
you
But send your money in today
Or we're going off the air
But my book is free my teeth
are straight I got morning talk
show hair
Forget the sick forget the
hurting their sin is their own
fault
Let's just make sure we got our
steeples and stained glass
windows bought
We don't really want to touch
them for fear of their disease
But we do like our pews padded
and we do enjoy our ease
Because we know that God's
main concern is to make us all
feel good
And we 'll write another book
about it
When He don't act like we think
He should
And I'm sure when we stand
before Him
He'll pat our heads and say
Because you were religious
You made Me smile today
.
I think you see by now
This is not how it will be
For powerless religion is not
your destiny
And now you stand here gazing
Wondering what next I will say
Looking at hypocrisy
I bid you all good day
2nd Timothy 3:5
Copyright © Kelly Crenshaw | Year Posted 2014
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