prosperity preachers

it's hard not to watch, at least

for a short

while

when the prosperity preacher

goes on and on

about the power of God.

you know they're all going

to hell on a speed pass,

but you sit and watch

for a few minutes.

it's the lights, the music,

the oil in his hair,

the audience gripping hope

as they drown

in despair.

he is so enthused as he

works the crowd, insisting on

his pledge

to cure you of your ailments,

your cares

and woes.

for a hundred dollars

God will remove

that bunion from your toes.

for two hundred.

you get a whole new leg.

for five hundred

you will now have the body

of a twenty year old.

for a thousand dollars, he

will reunite you with

loved ones who hit the road.

there seems to be no end

to what God will do if you

send in the right amount

of hard earned dough.