Please, Mrs. front row goer,
You needn't explain yourself to me
good deeds don't replace the creed,
and excuses fall dead on my ears
mother of a mother
needed or needing to be needed?
RSV, stay away, OK, but
recognized servitude?
unempathetic to your need
for validated humility,
leaving the listener unsettled
sit and be sermonized
There's a way to be good again
Look to the rugged cross,
the empty tomb,
our Risen King
Free verse with an allusion to *The Kite Runner*.
Thank you, old lady, for explaining where you've been on the past few Sundays, but
church attendance is not your salvation