A Psalm of Perfect Faith

"Poverty" © 2016 David Prashker

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I cannot believe in a God
   who sends a flood to destroy a corrupted world
      yet seeks and finds one man
to prove His judgement wrong

I cannot believe in a God
   who demands ultimate sacrifices
      but ultimately is prepared
to accept mere offerings

I cannot believe in a God
   who creates men in His own image
      and allows them to be weak and fallible

I cannot believe in a God
   who is so absolutely good that
      out of the kindness of His ineffable heart
He deliberately created Evil

I cannot believe in a God
   who does not know how to laugh

I cannot believe in a God
   who sets out a white tablecloth
           washes His hands
      pronounces the blessing
and then feasts on the bones of the innocent



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