Friday, September 7, 2018

№ 417: Old Time Religion

What IS God's problem?
I mean, think about it.
He claims to exist,
yet smart people doubt it.
He punishes you
on the slightest whim
and still insists
that you worship him.
Behaving in ways
that ever perplex. . .
And don't get me started
on his Jehovah Complex.

And don't go telling me
that's just how things are.
That God is most cozy
with kings, fascists and tsars 
who behave just as he does
whenever they are.
That this Kingdom of Heaven
never needs an election
since it exists
in a state of perfection
with dissidents sent to warm-weather camps
where they're tortured forever
by cloven-hoofed scamps.
(Which strikes me as worse
than collecting stamps.)

God's various followers
hate one another.
If you see 'em coming,
better take cover.
Monotheism is
one sorry excuse.
Forget it, I say.
Let's bring back Zeus.