Kelly Crenshaw Poet Rhyme

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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's Mask

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

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Laura Breidenthal January 26, 2014 at 2:32 PM Love the first couple of lines. Everything is so categorized these days. Separated. You bring up some great points(such as justifying actions using God's name to clea the conscience) and with great flow and rhyme. I enjoyed reading your work this afternoon. Thanks and keep up the fantastic work. :) Always. Laura Kelly Crenshaw January 11, 2015 at 3:31 PM Thnx for the kind words. After months and months I finally wrote another one called Felix. Check it out