For some reason (possibly my own inability to cut and paste), my poem is missing the last verse. Here it is in its entirety:
Shopping for Souls
The pastor says she’s gone home to Jesus. He talks about her baptism, her big heart, and the deeds done.
The pastor says we are all sinners and the cost of sin is death. That unique savior is the only key to heaven.
The pastor says she was a believer, she was saved. The people she fed, strangers she clothed, children she took in as if they were the best of her blood, do not count as stamps in her heavenly passport.
The pastor says Who believes? Now, this second, for the first time, and ever after?
I can’t help but think good deeds don’t require a church. Tell me, preacher, how much do good deeds cost when you’re shopping for souls?
Thanks so much! I copied multiple poems into the submission and suspect that I lost something in the midst. I'm glad you like it both with and without.
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For some reason (possibly my own inability to cut and paste), my poem is missing the last verse. Here it is in its entirety:
ReplyDeleteShopping for Souls
The pastor says
she’s gone home to Jesus.
He talks about her baptism,
her big heart,
and the deeds done.
The pastor says
we are all sinners
and the cost of sin is death.
That unique savior
is the only key to heaven.
The pastor says
she was a believer, she was saved.
The people she fed,
strangers she clothed,
children she took in
as if they were the best
of her blood,
do not count as stamps
in her heavenly passport.
The pastor says
Who believes?
Now, this second,
for the first time,
and ever after?
I can’t help but think
good deeds don’t require
a church.
Tell me, preacher,
how much do good deeds cost
when you’re shopping for souls?
Terri,
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the last verse for us... it was not in the submission you sent in. However, we love the work just the same. :)
-Jessica (AL)
Jessica,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! I copied multiple poems into the submission and suspect that I lost something in the midst. I'm glad you like it both with and without.
Terri