Sunday

What a quaint and small conception you have of the world

Sunday

Sunday

while you are polishing your rhetoric in pews
with the silver laden coffers of your charity
tucked neatly into your wallet

Sunday

A bright angel of hymns goes dancing through grave yards
where you have lain all heavens in death
and spent life mourning the passing of a cloud
when the shadow it cast
was the hand of God

Sunday

In pealing bells crosses the un-open fields of ideals
Sunday, brings to its alter of blessed wine
the mockery of blood
sweet sugar Sunday, coated, painted, white
and powder puff heresy

Sunday, a Ploughmans Lunch of righteousness
and self confessed aggrandizement
a roast beef deliberation of the eternal joke
has you kissing the priest feet
instead of the sun

Sun-day

Sunday; the candy cotton collected plethora's of worship
forgives the villain and felon with confession
and still breaks its bread on the table of the starving
virtuous bloody Sunday
beating at wrist with Roman nails
wearing its tears in a crown of thorns
and sumptuous retires in a fat kissed bangle

Sunday; the barricade of belief
that knowingly knows no one should work
while the vultures are picking at societies bones
and the Papal sacrament makes you homeless
on the bleached and baking wastelands of Earth

This is Sunday
in all its finery of dripping candels
and out of tune hymns
stained glasses of faith
and broken bent knees

Sunday
feckless
Sunday
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Devonshire Avatar
April 2, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Sadly, I fear there is much truth in your observations here, Colin. Very compelling. "Sunday, feckless Sunday" is a great ending to a poignant poem!
Burton Avatar
April 2, 2009 at 3:34 PM
This was great, to me its what I like to read right about now with so many things on the news going round. If the world would always remember..... sunday. enjoy your day.
George   Avatar
April 1, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Wow!!! is all I can say. Took my beath away. Lainie
Jordan Avatar
April 1, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Colin this was very well written and quite profound in its message - all in all a great piece that I enjoyed reading and also contemplating the message - God Bless you, mj
Higgins Avatar
April 1, 2009 at 4:15 AM
Provocative writing.....I think this piece will turn some heads with the subject and strong language...
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