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from Life's Got A Way​.​.​. by Jon Goode

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Long Dollar
by Jon Goode

Mr. Jones in his Sunday best pacing
Mrs. Jones in her Sunday dress waiting Impatient
For the ushers to begin
To usher in the church congregation
To hear about God’s salvation
And Satan’s temptation.
The flock heavy with sin
The church a weigh station
While pastor lay in wait to waylay em,
Lift lions and slay lambs at the gate
Testify, pacify and past the plate.

And the Choir sang their song
The congregation sang along
Waving their hands
And their Martin Luther King fans
But they weren’t fans of Martin Luther
Or Christ the martyr
They worshipped at the altar of the Long Dollar.

And there I am eighteen years old
Running in late dressed in street clothes
And when my feet hit the church doors
In jeans and shelltoes
It seemed hell froze
I was greeted with heaven help’s
And hell no’s
I suppose those folks in salvations army
Fo sho don’t shop at the salvation army
They all smelled like obsession
I pray the scent of salvations on me.

And the Choir sang their song
The congregation sang along
Waving their hands
And their Martin Luther King fans
But they weren’t fans of Martin Luther
Or Christ the martyr
They worshipped at the altar of the Long Dollar.

The preacher screamed “No Weapon formed can harm me!”
Which seemed right he had a right tight army
In fact I bet not a single congregant had even touched the hem of his garment yet.
So I sat in the front row right next to Ms. So & So
She wore her skirt real high and her hat real low
And you know that it was known to everyone
That after the pastor would make her speak in tongues.
No one was sure if he was reaching them
But shepherd sheared the sheep
He was fleecing them.
He was preaching and teaching to the young
Tell them who they are and who they should become
And behind doors he was touching them
Under parents nose he was touching them
Soon it was exposed that he was touching them.

And the Choir sang their song
The congregation sang along
Waving their hands
And their Martin Luther King fans
But they weren’t fans of Martin Luther
Or Christ the martyr
They worshipped at the altar of the Long Dollar…

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from Life's Got A Way​.​.​., released September 5, 2013
Produced by Shanti Om
www.facebook.com/ShantiOmm

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Jon Goode Atlanta, Georgia

Jon Goode is an Emmy nominated poet & playwright . He is the host of The Moth Atlanta. Jon's debut collection of poems and short stories, Conduit, was published in 2015 and held the #1 spot on Amazon for 12 weeks. His debut novel Mydas was published in October of 2020 and was a #1 new release on Amazon for 5 weeks. Both are available. ... more

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