May 12-June 25, 2020

Snake-Oil

we’ll share him on social media

or send him off on an email

having been told that if we do it

by midnight we will be blessed

this is a wonder

does God really work like that

is He no more than the talisman

we hold when we want a thing

better or more than it already is

he looks so sincere

staring outward from the display

he looks like he wants to help

and would, but is this a truth that

Moses, Peter or Paul would relate

our incessant need

urging us casual yet hopeful share

blessed images of an arms-length god

gain ourselves his limited time offer;

is God a mere snake oil salesman

saying “come on down,

i’ll be in town all week”