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clark gormley Pub Church The disciple enters the temple, immediately approaches the imitation wood finish altar, and is offered by the priestess (for this is a progressive religion) the transubstantiated fluid of enlightenment. He sits and imbibes, eager to attain the altered state of heightened spiritual awareness, assisted in this endeavour by the colourful rays emitted by the visual stimulator, presenting images of violent contest, reminding all of the eternal struggle, overlaid by rhythmic repetitive hymns, chosen by members of the congregation constantly calling the faithful to prayer. Having drawn deeply and repeatedly from the bottomless cup of enlightenment, thoroughly entranced, the devout worshipper approaches one of the brightly illuminated shrines, and pays his tithe. But in this church the deity is generous yet fickle. He reveals His favoured sons in a seemingly random fashion, with a flurry of gold coins, falling like manna from heaven.
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Church was published in the 1999 Poetry at the Pub anthology "Browsing
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