Category Archives: Religion



YOU???—Who Me?

Our past, our present, no doubt our future
History, is fire-forged, fiercely honed,
Shaped by the deadly amalgam of two
Knife-like realities: Testosterone Continue reading →

Posted in Conformity, Lust, Religion

Pain Paean

What role, I wonder,
In his grand design
Did god envision
For arthritis? Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Pain, Religion

English 360—The Bible as Literature (3 credits)

I love to teach this course, and honestly
Announce I am an atheist. Though faith
Was welcome, fundamentalists would hate
The class, resent the scholarship, should flee
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Posted in Religion

At The Gym—II

There’s this New York guy at the gym, muscled,
But not like in the old days. Back then he
Was Mr. Bigshot Iron Bar. Then tussled
With a Spirit and now believes he sees Continue reading →

Posted in Religion

Evangelicals, Help Me Out Here

This Eden story, I don’t get it—help
Me out here. It says beneficent god
Planted a really nifty garden, whelped
Adam there, and ribbed him a luscious bod
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For God’s Sake, What’s All the Fuss About?

How did it happen? How did a rosy
Nipple, an infant’s source of nourishment,
Become obscene, affront the dignity
Of decent folks demanding punishment? Continue reading →

Posted in Religion