Thumper

I am a kid
Listening to
A Bible-thumper
Work a crowd into a
Mob swaying to and fro
Eager to fill the collection
Plate with folding money not
Pocket change not to help the
Poor here or abroad not to aid
Some woman desperate for
Help with a pregnancy she
Cannot complete and not
To work with education
Other than religious
Dogma but rather
To enrich parson
Thumper who is
Already rich
From his
Trick of
Wringing
Cash out of
Ignorance and
Gullibility using
Promises of more
Missionary work to
Justify the thumpers
Own creepy sick greed.
Having said that, I do see
The beauty of Christian faith
Not in some promise of personal
Salvation illusionary but faith in
The teachings of Jesus who
Urged forgiveness gentle
Love for all kindness to
Children tolerant of
Other views and
Opposed to the
Money lenders
Sycophants
Thumper
High
Priests.
Morals are
What elders
Tell you is right
Ethics is what you
Know in your heart is right.
Thumpers who pack the
Ignorant into services
During a pandemic
Are not holy but
American bred
Pharisees at
Play in the
Guise of
The
Lord.
Thumpers.