by Janice D. Soderling
A god by any other name
would be a rose on the third day
and how about this paper wall
between the church and the terrible state
of a fair trade off for homeland security
and guns across America in beautiful
paintings of the signing of the Constitution
do you see a black founding father etcetera?
Which has significance for a real patriot.
So move along and love me, your enemy,
for even as we taser, even as we pepper-spray,
even as we flamboozle, we are deep-googling you,
my unfriend, my gullible, my god's lamb chop.
This land is my land and my prattle is your prattle too.
Exactly what would Jesus say
about this god-awful wallpaper?
Janice D. Soderling is a strong supporter of The New Verse News and a previous contributor. She has published hundreds of poems, fictions, and translations at print and online venues based in twelve countries. She hails from the United States.
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