Crime

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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Crime

Someone

Went up to her,

Threw acid in her face

Then ran away

He is at large

To coin a phrase

Her contact lenses

Melted into her eyes

She’s nearly blind

She breathed the acid in

And cannot eat

Solid food

There is burned flesh

On her face

What kind of criminal

Would do this?

I don’t know

Was it because she is Muslim?

Hate crime

Is another phrase to coin,

Though as with things we repeat

And render trite,

There is meaning here

She cannot be the same

There is pain

There will be healing

And there will be healing

That can never happen

C L Couch

Nafiak Ikram and her mom were getting out of the car at their home when a man rushed up to her, threw a caustic liquid at her face and ran off.
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