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Tonight's Poet Corner: Religion's A Drug

Religion's A Drug by Belinda Toddie People say if I pray hard enough, a wafer will save my life, a sip of grape juice will rejuvenate my sinful veins, and a loud enough hymn will make the birds squawk and drown out the cacophony of the damned outside. And you know what, I believe them. I believe them hardcore. People who think they don't see God are cute. He's everywhere. He's in the fucking heroin you're injecting into your bent up arm, coiled like Satan's snake around a tree in the garden as withered as my father's dick when he was about to beat my mother senseless. The hard-on he got from that was extraordinary. Nothing made him happier. Me, I'm Christ's chosen prophet. No guns to spread my gospel, but a hoodie and a solid pair of sneakers keep me walking from sodomistic San Francisco to boozed up Kentucky. Pour me a bourbon, and I'll show you how its burn can rival Hell itself. Its gates have been open to me for

Today's OneWord: Brave

Be brave, Be strong. Be without a single flaw. Be kind. Be smart. Be the epitome of the law. Be a role model. Be an idol. Be a ruler or a king. Wield a scepter. Swing a sabre. Bask in glories that wars bring. Be proud. Be frank. Don't mince words with peasant fools. They aren't brave or strong or kind or smart - they are merely idols' tools.