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Anachronism
Johannes H.

Saintly men from long ago
Are all but now forgotten
Saint George’s cross, Saint Elmo’s fire
Names foul to a Yuletide parishioner

The ancient God and the modern gods
All mocked with mock irreverence
Crowds of self-styled atheists
Match self-proclaimed disciples

The power and the glory
For ever and ever
Now marked by red bows, pink bunnies
And self-forbidding icons on courthouse lawns

Once God stood on Earth
Not in Eden but in the mind
Now that ground is shrinking

But I’m an anachronism
In my mind the old God still stands
I’m just a stupid little boy
And Saint Hubert’s just the Jager man