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Modern Mary Magdalene

Sami Schalk

he wants to be so good
this missionary man
who tells me i should
not leave the church
just because when
i was an altar girl
the priest let me drink
left-over communion wine
and told me i was pretty

he wants to be so good
we have long conversations
over tall, dark beers
he tells me poetry can be prayer
he tries to save me
but when he walks me home
he whips it out and tells me
he wants to “do” me
i laugh and ask if
that’s what jesus would do
he cries and tells me
i make him immoral

he wants to be so good
this missionary man
i pity his failure
fake the orgasm
and cry out to his god
pretending to be converted

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This appears in a pre-2010 issue
of cc&d magazine.
Saddle-stitched issues are no longer
printed, but you can requesting it
“re-released” through amazon sale
as a 6" x 9" ISBN# book!
Email us for re-release to order.