by
Michele McDannold.
Thank you for the best childhood ever
for the nicely manicured lawns
dutifully tended to every Sunday
after church
for the sun tea baking on the porch
and the strawberries in the patch
Thank you, baby jesus
for the community free of minorities
and forward thinking
for the streets free of gang violence
for the jehovah’s witness even
and the evangelists
thank you for putting the shame on
all those unwed and/or single mothers
those people with the weak-minded mental illnesses
and the ghastly homosexuals
in general, just thank you so much
for putting a clamp down
on all the SEX stuffI didn’t know what my period was
until I got it one day in gym
that kinda sucked
but thank you
and maybe while you were hiding
all the dildos and other adult fun
you could have taught the old people
not to stick their fingers and whatnot
in the young people
that would have been nice
but oh well
maybe that’s why Billy Bob’s uncle
is also his dad
I never met anyone conceived from incest before
COOL
thank you, baby jesus
I know. I know
some people want to give all the credit to Satan
Lucifer
the Devil
whatever
he’s busy with wars
tsunamis
and shit
&
he wants the glory of all those big fatality numbers
you… you are oh so patient
killing them softly and gently
with shitty lives
contrived of stifling rules…
call it morality!
Shame, shame
the bent and twisted
call it love
BABY JESUS
I want you to have all the credit
saving us all from the fires of Hell
I can pray to you for forgiveness
I can pray to you for the Friday night football game
we can all join hands and pray pray pray
then sing the star spangled banner
oh, thank you, baby jesus
for making me an American
thank you for making us better
than every other nation in the world
so what if we drop the ball
in our schools
turn our backs
on mother nature
and would turn out
anyone or anything
in the best interest
of the almighty dollar
we are responsible for FACEBOOK
Honey Boo Boo
and taco shells made out of Doritos!
this is all thanks to you, baby jesus
but, wait…
I have more rights to my guns
than my own body!!
sweet baby jesus
thank you
oh, thank you
for Women that know their place
in dresses
in kitchens
in the delivery room
children, children, children
let’s have more babies, baby jesus!
Every last one of them, precious
until they learn to breathe
in the polluted
but free as all fuck
liberty-laced air
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Michele McDannold was the Editor-in-Chief at Red Fez Publicationsfor five years and is currently the editor/publisher at Citizens for Decent Literature Press. She has an extensive collection of flannel and rubber chicken heads. She lives in Northwest Indiana and does various odd jobs at The Literary Underground. Michele’s first full-length poetry collection Stealing the Midnight from a Handful of Days is available from Punk Hostage Press, or signed copies can be had from Magical Jeep Distributing. There’s an “official” website at michelemcdannold.com.
Great work! I loved this.
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