It's a little-known fact
that starting
each Spring
you can track
the increasing liberalization
and "worldliness"
of Southern Baptist churches.
Over the decades
one will note
there's been a steady increase
in pastors who
glistening and bright red
and deep
into a lively
sermon of hellfire
and damnation
every line
on their face and hands
dedicated to making it feel
all too real
are able
to calm down
a bit
wipe off the sweat
stop
and say
"Well maybe
some of the Devil's wrath
made it up here too.
Whew!"
This poem © 2013 Emily Cooper.
