Friday, July 20, 2012
SAVED
With Real Toads--d'Verse Poets Pub
There is no way
you can talk to someone
who knows that they are "right"
and you are wrong
that they have cornered the market on truth
and that is the be all and end all of it
no more questions
mystery solved and
case closed
no matter how much reason
common sense
or logic you may use
you might as well
be talking up your dog's butt
for they will shake their heads
and smile
and pretend to listen
but all the while
their little brain is screaming
APOSTATE
and though you might feel that you
could accept them
in your live and let live way
it won't be returned
they won't consort with your kind
until you've drunk the Kool-Aid
narrow minds keep narrow circles
and my answer to the question
of have I been saved is
well, not from you,
so I guess the answer is no
anyhow
don't want any part of your
vindictive deity
cuz I've already met the one
who goes by the handle of LOVE
(though, as I recall, his given name is Fred)
and I wonder why it's never occurred
to you
that if one were exposed to such hellacious temperatures
for all eternity
that he would eventually acclimate to it
and it would just be like summertime in Phoenix...
no big deal
but no matter cuz
we need to see that glassy-eyed look
or...well...
Y'ALL CAN JEST GO TO HELL--
.hack...snort...giggle...
Footnote:
To finish this poem I must click on
"save"
I have done that and now it says
SAVED
HALLELUJAH !
and I'll be damned--
uh...I mean...
guess I won't be now
bye
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hehe...there are def those that take a god and turn him/her into a bludgeoning stick....those i def would not mind saving from....ugh...
ReplyDeleteI. So. Love.This. Poem. Especially how we get saved by clicking on the button. Convenient, no? Hee hee. You are hilarious, my friend.
ReplyDeleteI despise the self righteous, sanctimonious posture of the people whom you so well describe. They wear their ignorance and their desire to remain so too proudly. I'd like to click on "delete" on this kind of thinking or (more correctly) this non-thinking. As always, I enjoy your humor.
ReplyDeleteYep,... any Fred will do ... :)
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ReplyDeleteamen my brother!
ReplyDeleteI'm a follower of Jesus (the word "Christian" has been subverted by SOOOOO many assholes) and a pastor's wife (Congregational/UCC, open and affirming). I LOVED this poem. Truly, stick it to 'em, and screw anyone who says you're being judgmental, because, hell, they started it!
ReplyDeleteMy sister is a Fundie who says I, my queer daughter (she says "lesbian" sounds like she immigrated) and my pastor husband and all "goin' to Hay-ll" for supporting and loving our kid. I told her I'd rather go to Hell and hang out with my friends than go to her stick-up-their-butt, sanitized Heaven. Hell is really on earth anyway, and she still thinks Jay-sus is a-comin' to raise up "her and Ed." And this woman has a college degree. Love your work! Amy Barlow Liberatore, unrepentant old hippie leftie feminist PFLAG mom - and here's one you'll like:
http://sharplittlepencil.com/2012/05/10/declaration-of-an-ally-of-the-queer-community/
Well I am SO glad I came back to read this again as I enjoyed Amy's comment so much! I am now well stoked for the day! Write on, my friends.
ReplyDeleteBRIAN, SHERRY, ARLENE, CAT, MARIAN: Amen, brothers and sisters! Now let's have the laying on of hands...women only tonight...women only!
ReplyDeleteSHARP LITTLE PENCIL: Can't stop grinning...you've made my day!
Great poem! I was once a victim of attendance to main stream religion. When I started questioning their proclamations of ,God's love but no demonstration of it, it wasn't well received. I have since decorated the hand basket they gave me with peace signs and love stickers.
Delete... so funny ... love you ... meow ....
Deleteha keeping my hands to myself...smiles..
Delete"narrow minds keep narrow circles" ... This is a great expression. I've not heard it before.
ReplyDeleteChuckled at the end :P
ReplyDeleteand though you might feel that you
ReplyDeletecould accept them
in your live and let live way
it won't be returned..
This is so true. Acceptance should be a two-way street but seldom is, and really, is it anyone's business whether the next person has been saved or not? Some people spend so much time worrying about other people's business, they forget to clean out their own closets.
SUSIE: Questions are the mortal enemy of any established, entrenched institution.
ReplyDeleteFLIPSIDE: I guess I made that expression up, but wouldn't mind seeing it BECOME an expression.
AIDZ: Glad to oblige!
KERRY: Thanks for another astute comment. The opposite of acceptance is fear.
LOVE this write! My mind is always open for changing, for conversation, for debate, for dialogue and understanding...I have learned the hard way, that not all minds are like mine, and have penned many a poem as a result of those interactions...glad to see you working the pen with this...some are just not worth the effort!
ReplyDeleteLol..this made me chuckle....great writing.. :)
ReplyDeleteso true ...great write and great points
ReplyDeleteI am smiling too ...and pressing SAVED ~
ReplyDeleteGreat writing...made me smile :)
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, hmmm...saved.."not from you"...met too many of those types. Thoroughly enjoyed every word..amen brother!
ReplyDeleteHilarious, Tim! We need doses of this to counter the weary self. Great thoughts!
ReplyDeleteHank
Seriously..too many of those around!
ReplyDelete:D
And yes, narrow minds do make narrow circles!
Wonderfully hilarious!
Cheers!
www.priyankazneverland.blogspot.in
"narrow minds keep narrow circles"
ReplyDeleteSo damned right! (I have come across those smug closed-mind bar-stewards- and if there is a God I would guess he is gutted by the evil they utter (in his name)...)
So glad you're saved!
Anna :o]
I enjoyed your poem very much. Entertaining and very true :)
ReplyDeleteI don't do Facebook either.
NATASHA, LOUISE, NARA, HEAVEN, AYALA, KAYKUALA, PRIYANKA DEY, HYPERCRYPTICAL, TIGERBRITE: Loved your comments...keep 'em coming!
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