Moans of vacuums in the church...

The Church

Moan, go the vacuums in the church
The Minister is home without a wife
His deacons chew on peanuts that are stale
The rest of town stays up late tonight

He busies through the kitchen with a knife
Attempts to bread an aubergine that’s cooked
Parishioners grab coats from naked hooks
He bows and eats with dogs and reads the Book

The Shawl Group ties its four millionth yarn
Karate America pays the building fund
A gay film plays in the Young Out Group
While the masses yearn to drink and grind

It was his calling--not the flesh—‘til
His yelping dogs mounted in the back
Keys are grabbed with a mugger’s zeal
For a sacred city’s reverend snack

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