Westboro Baptist Church
who recently excommunicated
their ailing founder
Fred Phelps the Senior
(who ironically
in the 1960s founded
the Phelps Chartered law firm
and represented
African-American clients
in civil rights cases)
for allegedly
making a plea
for "kinder treatment
of fellow church members"
has released a cover
of Lorde's catchy tune "Royals"
which goes
"Every song you sing's
bare-teeth ragin'
sinnin' in the bedroom
bloodlust coffin
trashin' your Creator."
It's not really
Westboro's fault
that most of the world
(when given the choice)
has chosen sinnin'
in the bedroom now
rather than sittin'
on a cloud for eternity
upon conclusion
of their finite human lifespans.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
