Scribe
Scribe
2016
Hearing Aid
He said:
“I talked to God.
And he talked back to me.
“Tongues of Fire burning
into my mind the Word
The Holy Spirit’s got me,
got a hold of my brain
and I am cleansed and righteous.
“Righteous enough to condemn you to Hell
Righteous enough to call your god false
Righteous enough to say your good book
is just bad fiction
Righteous enough to go forth
and proselytize in the name of
the one true god that talks to me.
“Talks to me like right now.
Tells me to warn you
you’re going to hell,
‘cause the devil’s got your ear.
He’s all up in there drummin’
a devil’s sermon, turning you to evil.
“How do I know he talks to me? …
What? Of course he’s a he,
he’s God isn’t he?
Women belong in the kitchen,
not on the throne of Heaven.
here em clear as a bell.
I got a special device,
a God Almighty hearing aid.
“I’m sanctified and not ashamed,
born again by the grace of God,
‘cause I gotta hearing aid
to hear his word.
“A hearing aid that says
science is bunk,
climate change junk
God made the world in seven days,
made Eve from Adam’s rib …
and that first bite of the apple
put her right in the kitchen
bakin’ apple pie for all time.
“I got a hearing aid
And that’s all you need to know!”
—Thinning of the Veils
Copyright © 2016 Carl Hitchens
Thursday, December 15, 2016