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You’re young Just as all disciples were once So bite your tongue And when you pray out for help, ignore the silence Spend the night drinking Come to the church with a hangover, your ears ringing While you pretend to pray Hope to do it again next Saturday Look at your first blood Know Mary did the same thing, only months before her son Use cotton, and linen, and whatever keeps you clean and groomed Just like Jesus did to his own wounds Kiss that girl That boy too, don’t be scared Of the temptation, heat rising Jesus woke as most men do each morning And when you’re old, all wise and pious And you’ve forgot the pain of a prayer unanswered Throw away your experience, your bias When your child is pubescent in the church, as a non believer
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Mar 19
Mar 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM UTC
a guide to pubescence in the church (for the non believer)
You’re young Just as all disciples were once So bite your tongue And when you pray out for help, ignore the silence Spend the night drinking Come to the church with a hangover, your ears ringing While you pretend to pray Hope to do it again next Saturday Look at your first blood Know Mary did the same thing, only months before her son Use cotton, and linen, and whatever keeps you clean and groomed Just like Jesus did to his own wounds Kiss that girl That boy too, don’t be scared Of the temptation, heat rising Jesus woke as most men do each morning And when you’re old, all wise and pious And you’ve forgot the pain of a prayer unanswered Throw away your experience, your bias When your child is pubescent in the church, as a non believer
American Teenager - Ethel Cain
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Mar 19
Mar 19, 2026 at 8:29 PM UTC
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