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Donall Dempsey
Poems
Nov 2016
NON SERVIAM
NON SERVIAM
Even at 7
found Catholic transubstantiation
hard to swallow.
Much preferred the Protestant
metaphor better.
The priest exposing the host
in the monstrance
the congregation bowing
in veneration.
"Corpus Domini nostri..."
Now...holy cow
Jesus is leaping
from the tip of my tongue
Christ...clinging
to my palate hanging
on for dear life
before going to pieces
slipping down my...gulp
. . .oe... soph...a...gus .
". . .In vitam eternam. Amen."
The incense from the thurible
as it sways
making me feel so
si...aghhhhh...ck!
Me a little Lucifer
a lightbringer ...my own morning star.
Afraid I am
going to throw
Him up
the second coming
as I sit in my pew and stew
transubstantiation is
the pits.
Written by
Donall Dempsey
Guildford
(Guildford)
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