by Laurence Musgrove
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And our Lord God released his anger
upon the innocent, saying, “Perhaps,
I will gain their attention on the day
they celebrate their independence
from logic with a big horrible flood,
a punishment for their blasphemies
against the creation I have gifted
them for their salvation, while they
instead, continue to burn it all down,
drowning their children in Satan’s oil.”
Laurence Musgrove teaches English at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas. He also edits the online poetry journal Texas Poetry Assignment.
