heads bent in benediction
at the trough
of heavenly delight

the sacrament
laid out buffet style
with hibachi chefs
flipping wafers
in to the open mouths
of silent pennance

the neon cross
flickers
with residual static
as the dissonance
between god and man
broadens
like a chasm

birds bathe
in the holy water font
while collection baskets wilt
under economic depression
of the tarnished
soul

piggies scarf
until distended bellies
rupture
from the rush
of rapture