(001) Thank God I'M An Atheist! Poem by Danny Reynolds
(001) Thank God I'M An Atheist!
One fine night, in the middle of the day,
two atheists knelt down to pray.
Hymn books opened upside-down,
in Top Hat n Tails, and their dressing gown.
The in-verse lyrics from the page,
sung happily with joyous rage.
Two old friends, first meeting each other,
(both my Grandad’s grandson’s sister’s brother.)
With sufficient humility, to make them proud,
in perfect silence, they roared out loud.
“All things dim and dutiful,
all tree cures smate and groll.
All things dense and blunderfull,
what good is a square ball? ”
Cursed by the blessing,
and accepted by rejection.
As welcoming as Ebenezer,
(when it’s time to pass the collection.)
Thanking God for their disbelief,
from their heads up to their toes.
And then with Pious reverence,
they did pick each other’s nose.
These two brave cowards stand as one
In truth they are my father’s son.
You students of genealogy,
must unsurely disagree.
For my Grandad’s grandson’s sister’s brother,
Can be none other than…..
Me!
p.s.: -(Some students of genealogy,
have been giving me some bother.
They’ve pointed out, without a doubt,
it could also be my brother!
I enjoyed your joyous nonsense. Poetry should be a medium for fun thankyou ivor
Thank God I found this poem! ! Up so funny, with a down-turned mouth...I loved with all my hatred the dirty, fastidious louse...Danny, you've given me inspiration by this fine, funny poem! ! Refreshing, natural-not forced writing! Good for you.
They said I sould read this after I wrote the one on demons....glad I did. Thanks you are a funny man.
I found this just totally stinkin' hilarious... now part of my favorites... I read this out loud, and lost my listeners as I'm cracking up in the middle of it. Cheers, Lee
Typical pawky scots humour My friend providing total enjoyment Disregard nit picking genealogist who lack a sense of humour
Well, Danny, th' Roman Catholic in me, held off on this one for more than 2 years....but befor' ya' pull it, like ya' did some 800 otherz.....you need 2 know, that i've always liked this work...one of yir best.....'Tis a shame ya' won't be able to recite it to me when i'm in heaven, since you'll be elsewhere with............Anyway, hey....i liked it! ....Now, i'm off to Fr. Quinn's Wednesday morning Coffee & Confession To Go! ~FjR ~ ..2008..
One fine night in the middle of the day Upside down is all I say. Wonderful irony, playing with absurdity, well depicted. I like, I like. Adeline
And another good laugh. Thank you. I'm looking forward to reading more. Irene
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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It would be very worthwhile to read Bertrand Russel's essay 'Why I am not a Christian' to be found through Google - food for thought. Very interesting presentation of your theme, highly enjoyable. Kind regards, Margaret.