The "P" word

The Ugly Polygamist

The ugly polygamist cried out
in horrid screams
from the sacrificial pyre
he begged for forgiveness, redemption
and absolution.

I have lived an unfinished life
he cried tears of fear and
spewed a mouthful of mucus
reaching out for the comfort of hands 
no longer there

Oh were I only to embrace the tongue
of my God, Michael, and Mary
Only had I known the misery I would inculcate
in a water-filled ditch he flayed and floundered

I have become the sewers into which 
I have thrown the innocence of others
I have become the abomination 
against whom I proselytized  

The church eyed him with scorn
the congregation spat on his hem
the bedeviled took joy in his condition 
only the Lord would redeem him

The innocent washed their hands of him
the future of damnation and retribution
welcomed his footsteps with mocking anticipation
Satan set his dinner table by the clock of his black soul

 

rpleith
12/05/2014