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Hypochristians

and their victims

By Harper Lewis Published 6 months ago • Updated 6 months ago • 1 min read
Hypochristians
Photo by Kaja Sariwating on Unsplash

How do you comfort someone

when they've been removed from

a family to honor someone's lies

as gospel truth?

Do you turn your back ,

calling over your shoulder

some scripture prescription

hoarding all of your human compassion

for those who meet your standard

of appropriately loving the lord--

it's your place to judge

who deserves

love

forgiveness

humanity.

Fuck off with your hypocritcal,

self-aggrandizing

"Christianity"

that allows you

to condemn suffering

as deserved

without even

hearing the whole story.

That replica around

your neck

carries less weight

than the lumber

putting splinters

in my back.

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About the Creator

Harper Lewis

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Intrusive rhyme bothers me, except as a weapon.

Intertextuality is my passion.

Formalist/ New Critical are my guiding theories.

My words are mine, not a robot’s.

MA English literature, CofC

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    Written by Harper Lewis