give till it hurts

the cadillac,
pink and gleaming
in the stone driveway
next to the gabled
mansion that rises
over the green slope
of grass to the river
where a long boat
sits lanquidly, like
a woman floating
on the water. god's
money has been
good to me,  he
thinks as he pens
his next sermon in
the window. tapping
his gold ring into
the next thought.
give till it hurts
he writes,
give more and god
will love more.