my favourite rejection slips

 The following poem was submitted for consideration to a magazine styled The Curate's Diary.

descant of man

there are those who will tell you it all happened quite suddenly

rationalising prevaricating over who was to blame

as once they rationalised to euthanise the elderly

our societies fell before the jihadis came

as once they rationalised their pornogrification of the peasantry

with drugs and abortions and a cult of the inane

oh how they applauded themselves for their cultured high mindedness in repudiating christianity

our societies fell before the jihadis came

in the end most of us were too narcoticised to notice hell

mohommedan madness even blended somewhat with our own shame

when all was said and done the hell of islam seemed just another hell

our societies fell before the jihadis came

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The rejection slip read:

"Sorry. We only publish poems inspired by the love of God."