I was hungry and you formed a committee and you discussed my hunger and you paid yourselves to talk about my hunger. Thank you. I was imprisoned and you crept off quietly to your churches and piously pray for my release. Thank you. I was naked and in your gatherings you debated the morality of… Continue reading THANK YOU, CHURCH by Stefn Sylvester Anyatonwu
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THE CHURCH IS MARCHING ON
The church is marching on the gates of hell will not prevail all week long we tell lies to make huge gain and bear false witness against neighbours Still, on Sundays we gather at church with red lips and flamboyant outfits to bind our enemies meaning we believe in God supreme to keep all Sundays… Continue reading THE CHURCH IS MARCHING ON
IMPAIRMENT
Understand the perpetual anti-graft preachers?Preaching publicly against the fee fraudstersSounding like they live the life of the heavenlyBut in hiding they loot a nation’s treasury Around the cross, the pulpit and the pew comprehendBetwixt the crescent and the star, the Imam cannot pretendAcross strata of our entity the message we all propagate“Abhors the tenets of… Continue reading IMPAIRMENT
PREDATOR
She is smiling at me while the pastor prays. Her almond eyes stalk me like a wild feline Tracking a prey. Each time I do my eyes raise She is smiling at me, while the pastor prays! I’m lost in lust. Will I survive these forays? Ah, Temptation offers a fruit I cannot decline! She… Continue reading PREDATOR
PASTOR JACOB AND HIS CONGREGATION
Pastor Jacob: How long shall this continue? How long shall they continue? Go out and see The streets are strewn with flesh, once breathing And the earth has a new coat of paint; blood! Go into the streets and hear Listen to the crackled sounds the speakers blare Dirges, telling the anguish of voices, muted… Continue reading PASTOR JACOB AND HIS CONGREGATION
CRACKED CAMPANILE
Ring out wild bells, And sound your furious clanging! That is the reason you are in the tower hanging! Once you sounded to call the people to prayer, And at your summons all were gathered there, Your peals heralded the start of married life, Quiet knells marked the end of faithful life. Angelus changed to… Continue reading CRACKED CAMPANILE
I KNOW THE MAN OR SO I THOUGHT
I know the man so pure and gentle With meekness that commands respect. Or so I thought… He preaches so fervently He commands demons and they flee Or so I thought… He pronounces and prophesies He decrees and declares. Or so I thought… He throws his handkerchief To the spiritually starved congregation They squabble and… Continue reading I KNOW THE MAN OR SO I THOUGHT
EYE IN THE CONGREGATION
Peeping through this crack at the congregation My eyes see great evil, in the pews and the pulpit, Why hypocrisy when you preach to nations? Truth remains untold while fiction you spit See our revered deacon; in secret courtship, He kisses bottle of gin before service Yet he lifts Holy hands to worship Not a… Continue reading EYE IN THE CONGREGATION
WANDERING THOUGHTS
The preacher’s words are spewing out, Beckoning at my heart’s ear for a listen But my roaming ears listen not! Even though they try, they just can’t. They have been betrayed by my thoughts, My wandering thoughts! Heavenly words are from the pulpit gushing. Like blood from a fresh wound, they flow. The messenger of… Continue reading WANDERING THOUGHTS