KarMel Scholarship 2007

“The Sinner”

By Diamante Waters

Desciption of Submission: Satirical Poem Religion

I never told a lie

I didn’t have to tell

I obeyed my parents

And made sure they were well

I never hit my brother

Never cheated in class

Was never scolded or beaten

For showing too much sass

I never said a curse word

I never held a gun

I never drank or smoked

And was never on the run

I went to church on Sundays

Said my prayers every night

Ran a charity for the orphanage

And became their ray of light

I ended world hunger

Even implemented world peace

Paid my taxes on time

And paid my neighbor’s lease

I fostered three children

Two birds and a cat

And when the world ended

In spite of all that

God looked at his sheet

With a smile and a frown

And shook his great head

As he looked me down

He said that my deeds

Were fine and swell

But because I was gay

I was still going to hell.

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