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canon service



"canon service"

“We follow the rules here”, he said incorruptibly
like he was untainted as holy water 
from the incorruptible font,
he had an upward inflection in his voice 
at the end of every punctuated point,
delivered like a canon service
his gun and bullets were larger
apparently...he was high, the pulpit lofty
far above the soaped-up sinners
some of us inside were grinning

too much alter wine
he was probably juiced,
then unctuously he shared his fat sermon 
as if to convey to the congregated
a good and proper sluicing, 
the service was poetic
no hymns in this church
salvation tamborines 
to beat the devils out,
some of us inside were grinning



Candide Diderot. ‘23








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