Monday, January 28, 2019

the hard work

I feel guilty.
ashamed.
the priest confirms
my feelings.
he can hardly look me
in the eye
through
the perforated screen.
three hail marys.
six
our fathers
and say the rosary
until your fingers bleed.
is that enough,
I ask him?
actually, none of that
is necessary,
just confess your sins,
He did all the hard
work
by dying on the cross.
go home and sin
no more, or at least
try not to.

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