longish walk
posting another parcel
loft clearance
© Rachel Green June 2025
IX.IX
The Lord thy God seems always pleased to slaughter
those foreign folk who serve another king
even if their parents share a daughter
a different Biblic view brings suffering.
It's still okay to seek a father's blessing
with a gift of foreskins from a thousand men
for all religions call for a confessing
and displays of courage from a lion's den.
If Modern God has come to be forgiving
it's only thanks to civil laws enacted
to benefit the world of all those living
and have barbaric ritual redacted.
© Rachel Green June 2025
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