August ‘83 brought a devil in a hurricane
and the church keeps singing amen.
Heroine evangelist hopped the gravy train
with a sticky note conversion lip synced
with words stolen from a dead brother’s life.
Don’t air the truth in public....shhhhh
We have a billboard revival and
a Papa Sam mentor teaching Junior
how to change tears into cash for a new suit.
Some lies never die if they keep paying for the show.
Add another chorus to the hurricane hymn,
but the sand will shift when truth spills from the right
tongue.
Comments
Phew! Susie.. this bites!
I've lived them all, Hurricane Alicia came right over our house, young limber trees saved the roof. We watched it out the back windows. Then all the broken skyscraper glass fallen into the streets showed on TV next day. Revival conversion, Bob Dylan takes the cake for me. The scam reminds me of the movie, "Paper Moon." And the lies, I hope they get caught up with soon before ... (don't want to get real political here on your nickel).
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