Day: May 3, 2019

The tangent to the circle is too steep

The half-blind  give advice  on where to look
The soft tongued sell us slogans of defeat
The religious read us stories  from old books

The  thieves  like  pointing out the crooks
While  we amble down the  vacated streets
The half-blind  give advice  on  how to look

We win a gamble yet call it  a fluke
We   love our loss, we like to be downbeat
The religious read us stories  from old books

The terrorists are now in charge of truth
The former rulers  in their slippers creep
The half-blind  give advice  on where to look

The teachers are afraid of learning loose.
The tangent to the circle is too steep
The aged read us stories  from old books

Love is rare yet sex is very cheap
Timers on the bed end duly beep
The half-blind  want  to control  just where we look
The religious agonise about that Book

Can’t God see it’s May?

The temperature fluctuates each day
Snow on hilltops, sun on sandy shores
I don’t mind, but can’t God see it’s May?

I just bought a handbag on E bay
It’s cream for summer, winter must declare
The temperature fluctuates each day

Bipolar  is the weather in  its  way
But we need sun and ask for nothing more
I don’t mind, but can’t God see it’s May?

Linen, silk, and cotton lead astray
Women with no money left to pay
The temperature  might be hotter one fine  day

See five cats are  sleeping by the fire
On the woollen carpet, they  could play
 I don’t mind, but can’t God make them gay?

Every night for all my friends I pray
Now I’m running out of words to say
The temperature fluctuates each day
I don’t mind, but can’t God see it’s May?

 

 

A play set in a Confession Box is reviewed in the Times

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/ireland/dramatic-moments-in-the-confessional-7twxblptc

Hi Father, give me your essay
Essay, what on earth do you mean?
Sorry,I forget the word…. blessing?
How long is it since your last Confession?
Do you mean in Court?
Crime is not always a sin
That’s Good News!
But it is still illegal.
Stop yapping. I want to tell you my sins
That  sentence was very rude
Do you mean I should have got Life?
You should have been executed
But it’s no longer allowed
I  regret that, in  your case
Are you always so nasty to sinners
I never said you were a sinner.I am rude to everyone
Well, stop!
It’s an illness
That’s what they all say
I  muse about OCD
Is that a religious order…Old Catholic Druids?
Catholics can’t be Druids
Well, what is D?
Donkeys.
You don’t seem like a donkey
It’s a metaphor.It should be Asses but they don’t breed
You are  not meant to breed
I only breed cats
Well, to get back to my sins.I have kissed fifty women lustfully
How about men?
No,I am not inclined to kiss men
Thank the Lord.
I don’t think it’s wrong. Just I’ve not yet met the right one
Well kissing women is not so bad as long as they want it.
But how can I  tell?
You must get to know one and do things together
Like going to bed?
No, no. Go out for a walk. Go for a meal. Discuss your  common interests
My interests are  not common nor vulgar
Wow. You are clever
Cleverness is not the highest value in life
Don’t tell me!
Why not?
I am too clever by half according to my aged Mother
How come?
She knows I became a  priest out of pure laziness.No need to have a mortgage!
But to become celibate to avoid having to pay a mortgage seems extreme.
It seemed a good idea at the time!
My next sin is greed.I eat a box of chocolates every day
Why?
To avoid cooking
You can’t live on chocolate
I know. I go to McDonald’s
Why?
To eat burgers and chips
Silicon chips?
I don’t know but they taste good
Can I come?
Sure.if you forgive my sins
For your penance buy me a meal
That’s brilliant,Father
How did you guess?
What?
I really am your Father!
You liar