God Out

What shall we
Draw God into

Not that
It is too unsavory
Distasteful
Don’t you know

Not that
It would be unseemly
To have divinity
Involved
Even to know

Well
Not that
Either
It’s too ugly
And profane
And we think sex
Is involved

And not that
For it was murder
Yes
Between adults
But still
The wrong thing for a
God to see
And to be known
For participation
In such things

But
Yes
Well
God knows all
Sees all
Hears through everything
All walls
Even anything
We pull up for a barrier

And yes
God’s dealt
With murderers
As well as
Thieves
And liars

And
By the way
God knows everything
About sex
Even the aberrations

So
God
Could be involved here or
There
Which means
We’ll need new excuses
For God’s
Exclusion from
Our ugly troubles

C L Couch


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