religion
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Exorcism II
Father O’Sheen got some water from the tap of an old basin. He didn’t even bless it, just poured it in a vial. As long as people believe it has miraculous propensity, that was all the power he needed He… Continue reading
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Rounding Up The Children
He needed to hear the sounds againSome stronglySome vaguely remembered From way back when.The clicking of a stickPushed along a wall of brick.Those years of incarceration Since he was four.For stealing a Dinky toy car This is what Ireland did… Continue reading
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Twain On Religion
“I have a religion — but you would call it blasphemy. It is that there is a God for the rich man but none for the poor… perhaps your religion will sustain you, will feed you — I place no… Continue reading
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A Different Ending
An elderly woman steps into the cold, dark church. She lights a single candle. “Someone special?” the priest asks. “Yes, my son.” The woman then proceeds to tell the priest the story of how the nuns had made her give… Continue reading
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The Forest For The Trees
Why can’t we love nature without worshiping the trees? Why do so many make the forest their church? I saw you hugging an Oak tree and kissing a stone. That night 12 of your friends formed a circle and prayed… Continue reading
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I Forgot About You
I kind of forgot about you for 40 years. All this time I didn’t know you were trapped in a false religion I thought you were just in it by name only to appease the family But you have fallen… Continue reading
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A Loosey Goosey Gander
During the reign of King Henry VIIIPriests were hidden in holes.Either behind a cleft in the wallor under stairs beneath the floor.A mandate on a scroll had orderedCatholic clerics be hanged, drawn and quartered. “Prove you are a priest, old… Continue reading
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