Tornado Strikes Westboro Baptist Church
Tornado Strikes Westboro Baptist Church
By Elton Camp
The weather report look especially dire
The good reverend kept preaching fire
The congregation took in every word
“God destroyed Joplin,” they heard
“So, 125 people deserved what they got
Now they’re screaming in a place so hot.
“To put a stop to fags they didn’t try,
So God decided that they should die.”
The tornado alarm began to sound
But the reverend didn’t look around
“There is no harm that we need expect
For we are God’s people—the elect.”
“Remember what it is I always say
God only kills those who love gay.
A loud roar & the church did shake
The rev cried, “Oh my, goodness sake!”
The ceiling cracked, the walls fell in
“Fear not, flock, for you have no sin.
The reverend looked about in dismay
His whole flock lay dead on that day
“The work of Satan this has to be.
Now they walk in heaven so free.
From the street he heard folks yell
“God hates you and sent you to hell.”
The reverend made his way outside
The jeering crowd he began to deride
“How can you speak so cruel and unfair!
About human decency you have no care.”
“Innocent children died here today
And now this is what you dare say!
How, to be Christians, can you claim
The way you are acting is a shame.”
Copyright © Elton Camp | Year Posted 2012
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