IN GOD WE TRUST: A Dystopian Twist of Fate 

	In God we Tru$t 
	but carry your guns 
	Yankee faith is deep 
	but love  
	ah tha trigger  
	deeper runs 

	If you're lucky 
	you won't 
	get blasted  
	by Uncle $am 

	Say yer prayers 
	& remember 
	the living Jesus  
	is not a sham 


Kris:   The living Jesus? Umm, didn't he die two around thousand years ago?

Tim:    (half-listening while gazing at the sky) For some people he's alive – for others 
        people he's dead. Does that make any sense?

Terri:  (ignoring the conversation and gazing at her milkshake) This I do know: too many 
        Americans have guns at their hips – it's an unwholesome fetish!

Ted:    (briefly gazing at his watch, then continuing with a shooter game on his cellphone) 
        Yep. They also have a need to identify "bad guys" ta make themselves seem legit. 
        The nation's leadership has a sort of "Gunsmoke" mentality. That's inappropriate 
        for the 21st Century.

Sam:   (yawning) Yer rhetoric bores me. If you haven't met Jesus, no talk about Him will 
        make sense. If you have, then you don't need any convincing. Hey dudes – 
        how 'bout a channel switch?


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from _AmeriSong: Poetry, Art, & Dialogs about Amerika_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  Some thoughts about the role of guns and religion in America
KEYWORDS:  American religion, pseudo-Christians, religious violence, dysfunctional communication, religious hypocrisy

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2000 in Nagoya, Japan / Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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