Tuesday

Carcass of an Atheist

At the gym reed thin blonde girl
treads and steps,
pounding anorexic bones
gaunt eyes on CNN

It’s babies today
from deep dark Africa
rope arms not to carry
or wrap around
legs not for walking

Hollowed faces
marble stares
born to starve
too die in pain,
like Jesus did.

2 comments:

Peter Piper said...

Aah aptly put - the have and the have not's. The divides make no sense.

Mike Harris said...

"Carcass of an Atheist" is a very strong poem. Consider me a fan.Mike Harris April 25 at 4:25pm