My preacher ain�t a Westmont man
He�s never brokered moderation
He�s a rock star from the land
Where stars are born to rock creation
 
�Spoiled for this world�, he said. �God loves Johnny Rotten.
�God�ll save him and the Queen if God she�s not forgotten.�
 
My preacher ain�t a Harvard grad
Ain�t born-bred M.A.
In his service there�s a lad
who�s fed five thousand in one day
 
�Spoiled for this world�, he said, �but God loves Johnny Rotten.
�God�ll save him and the Queen if God she�s not forgotten.�
 
My preacher ain�t from Asbury
He never went to college
Strangely warms he memory  
wielding power over  knowledge
 
�Spoiled for this world�, he said; �God loves Johnny Rotten.
�God�ll save him and the Queen if God she�s not forgotten.�
 
My preacher ain�t a Bob Jones man
He has the world in view
Love ain�t under Bob�s command
Love commands a chosen few
 
�Spoiled for this world�, he said, �but God loves Johnny Rotten.
�God�ll save him and the Queen if God she�s not forgotten.�
 
My preacher ain�t from seminary
Ain�t from Rome or Dallas
The opulence ain�t ordinary
Mercy is not malice
 
�Spoiled for this world�, he said, �but God loves Johnny Rotten.
�God�ll save him and the Queen if God she�s not forgotten.�
 
My preacher ain�t from anyone�s schizm
Ain�t conspired with anyone�s camp
Take his cross to church and prison
Take his cross where hobos tramp
 
�Spoiled for this world�, he says; �God loves Johnny Rotten.
�God�ll save him and the Queen if God she�s not forgotten.�
 
�Spoiled for this world�, he says, �but God loves Johnny Rotten.
�God�ll save him and the Queen if God she�s not forgotten.�
�If God she�s not forgotten.�

�2004go | P235 * poet235.com | (last poem of 2004)

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