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Friday, March 29, 2024

THE GOD BLESS THE USA BIBLE

by Gilbert Allen



by J.D. Crowe


What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?

And they bargained with him for thirty pieces of silver.

                                                              —Matthew 26:15



Verily, verily

Donald Iscariot

hawking the Holy Word

with MAGA zeal


offering Jesus Christ

pseudoreligiously

for sixty bucks. Just twice
thirty! A steal!



Gilbert Allen, a member of the Travelers Rest United Methodist Church, already has a Bible. For more information about him and his work, check out the interview at https://slantbooks.org/close-reading/interviews/belladonna-beautiful-but-deadly-qa-with-gilbert-allen/ .