venial and mortal sins

i like

how the Catholic

religion,

rates

sins.

which is worse than the other.

venial

and mortal,

those that fall somewhere

in between.

you've got your pride, greed,

lust and envy,

resentment,

anger,

murder, sex outside of

marriage, thievery,

and hatred.

laziness is on the list too,

as well as missing

mass

with no valid reason.

yikes on that one.

it's a long list, one

that your conscience

keeps track of, if not those

virtuous souls

around you.

some sins

need a handful

of Hail Marys and

Our Fathers

to clean

the slate,

while other take a dose

of holy water,

some callouses

on the knees,

an intervention of the Saints

and priests,

maybe an exorcist,

and prison time,

to get whole once again.