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You know, it's funny
How we can believe that we are created in God's image,
And then recreate God in ours.
A letter,
To the man standing on the corner holding the sign that said
“God hates gays.”
You know, I’ve never seen,
exactly who it is
“God hates gays.”
You know, I’ve never seen,
exactly who it is
that you paperclip your knees,
meld your hands together and pray to
But I think I know what he looks like:
I bet your God is about 5’10”.
Bet he weighs 185.
He probably stands the way a high school diploma does when it’s next to a GED.
I bet your god has a mullet.
I bet he wears flannel shirts with no sleeves,
a fanny pack
and says words like “getrdun.”
I bet your god plays the banjo,
meld your hands together and pray to
But I think I know what he looks like:
I bet your God is about 5’10”.
Bet he weighs 185.
He probably stands the way a high school diploma does when it’s next to a GED.
I bet your god has a mullet.
I bet he wears flannel shirts with no sleeves,
a fanny pack
and says words like “getrdun.”
I bet your god plays the banjo,
I bet he watches FOX news,
Dog the Bounty Hunter, voted for Donald Trump, and loves Bill O’Reilly.
I bet your god's a politician.
Dog the Bounty Hunter, voted for Donald Trump, and loves Bill O’Reilly.
I bet your god's a politician.
from Arizona.
I bet his high school served racism in the cafeteria
and offered “hate speech” as a second language.
I bet he has a swastika on the inside of his throat,
and racial slurs tattooed to his tongue
just to make intolerance more comfortable in his mouth.
I bet he has a burning cross as a middle finger and Jim Crow underneath his nails.
I bet his high school served racism in the cafeteria
and offered “hate speech” as a second language.
I bet he has a swastika on the inside of his throat,
and racial slurs tattooed to his tongue
just to make intolerance more comfortable in his mouth.
I bet he has a burning cross as a middle finger and Jim Crow underneath his nails.
Your god is a confederate flag's wet dream
conceived on a day when the sky decided to slice her own wrists,
I bet your god has a drinking problem.
I bet he sees the bottom of the shot glass more often than his own children.
I bet he pours whiskey on his dreams until they taste like good ideas,
Probably cusses like an electric guitar with Tourette’s plugged into an ocean.
I bet he yells like a schizophrenic nail gun,
damaging all things that care about him enough to get close.
I bet there are angels in Heaven with black eyes and broken halos
who claimed they fell down the stairs.
I bet your god would’ve made Eve without a mouth
and taught her how to spread her legs like a magazine
that she will never be pretty enough to be in.
Sooner or later you will realize that you are praying to your own shadow,
that you are standing in front of mirrors and worshipping your own reflection.
Your god stole my god’s identity.
So next time you bend your knees,
next time you bow your head
I want you to
tell your god—
that my god
is looking for him.
conceived on a day when the sky decided to slice her own wrists,
I bet your god has a drinking problem.
I bet he sees the bottom of the shot glass more often than his own children.
I bet he pours whiskey on his dreams until they taste like good ideas,
Probably cusses like an electric guitar with Tourette’s plugged into an ocean.
I bet he yells like a schizophrenic nail gun,
damaging all things that care about him enough to get close.
I bet there are angels in Heaven with black eyes and broken halos
who claimed they fell down the stairs.
I bet your god would’ve made Eve without a mouth
and taught her how to spread her legs like a magazine
that she will never be pretty enough to be in.
Sooner or later you will realize that you are praying to your own shadow,
that you are standing in front of mirrors and worshipping your own reflection.
Your god stole my god’s identity.
So next time you bend your knees,
next time you bow your head
I want you to
tell your god—
that my god
is looking for him.