sick dog
vomit all over the carpet
my feet in socks
© Rachel Green June 2025
IX.VIII
But what made belief in God finally cease
was a single lesson given in R.E.
when a teacher with a constant forehead crease
in how the concept of a Just war came to be.
It was terrible to oppress a weaker land
by occupying territory not yours
when killing native peoples came in hand
with exploitation of another's shores.
But all that was okay as long as God
was introduced by force of arms and death
and all the local deities were trod
by whichever Old White Man was thought the best.
© Rachel Green June 2025
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