This Poem Comes With A Warning Label

This poem comes with a warning label...

If you are deeply religious,

If you are easily offended,

You might want to leave the room,

At the very least,

You might want to move to the back

Because by the time the poem is over

You will be convinced that I will be struck by lightning.

Some of the strangest people I know

Are hooked into religion.

Not just any religion, either.

Bible-belting, hymnal thumping,

Tongue-speaking,

“Coommmme to Jeeeeee-zus,

Open your hearts, your check books &

close your minds,”

Religion.

Can I get an a-man?

It’s not that the people are strange,

Though they are, but

Who the people

are

who are sucked into it,

Seemingly intelligent, thoughtful people

Saying, “Trust in Jeezus &

He will get you thru...

It’s God’s Will Be Done—”

Bad things happen to good people

heaven is a better place

Can I get an a-man?

In the beginning,

man created god

after god

after god

To explain the mysteries of life.

       Lightning flashes across the sky,

Thunder crashes in the highlands

The gods are angry

But what happens

When man finds other

      Explanations?

man creates gods

what happens when people stop believing in gods

God was my co-pilot,

But, we crashed

In the mountains, and

I

Had

to

Eat

him.

With a little hallelujah on the side.