His Damning Text [revised] Poem by Margaret Alice Second

He quotes the Bible to damn & blast modern
civilisation to hell, citing what is 'natural' and
what is not - this reverend should examine
Mother Nature & see what's natural indeed:

as is a sea-horse male accepting seed from
the female & carrying it to fruition - another
exotic hermaphroditic animal fights for who
gets to play the female role, and those

astounding female fish changing into males
when there's a dire shortage - so how dare
people cite ancient texts of man-made origin
dictating radical creeds to damn people who

feel differently to hell - & though reverend &
flock vied off into another universe, I'm still
stuck here with his damning text; oddly I've
found a million other things to fill my time,

can spend scarcely a moment on his vilifying
text - according to which ONLY holy-fire-&-
brimstone reverend & flock are redeemed -
while humankind is damned to rot in hell

but, fact is the only judgment faced in the
afterlife is us judging ourselves, only pain
faced is experiencing the pain we caused
unto others; I hope Holy One can stand

the pain he caused unto me, the stoical
translator, struggling with his damning text!