A biblical god named Jehovah
Is frequently quoted in torah.
He’s often enraged,
Resentful, engaged,
And kills us with violent blow-overs.
His son is a godhead named Jesus
Appointed by pop to reprieve us.
He loves us we’re told,
A saver of souls,
So why does he fiercely bereave us?
The good stuff, we’re told, comes from god,
And men create woe (that seems odd)—
Now Falwell is dead,
And Robertson’s fled,
Who’ll tell us why this fierce jihad?
Just what was the Philippine’s sin
That justified typhoon Haiyan?
Divine mystery
Festoons history,
And tangles its yang with its yin.
We sinners attract our gods’ wrath,
They punish with holy bloodbaths,
Use foes, floods and plague,
With motives quite vague—
Those sacred divine psychopaths.
(11/16/13)