If my God were a transactional God,
I would be negotiating
right now
for an immediate savior.
How many novenas,
rosaries, masses
are required
to pray this man
out of Washington?
How much self-denial,
abjuration of bad habits,
and self-mortification
would set us free?
Can we devote our accumulations
of indulgences to this cause?
Time in Purgatory would be a blessing
after these four years.
If my God were a vengeful God,
I could understand.
We have not been
a devoted people, and
have been led astray
by all and sundry,
and have twisted your laws
to suit ourselves,
our comfort, our own desires.
O God of transactions,
O God of vengeance,
but, most of all,
O God of forgiveness,
take this cross from our shoulders,
and grant us, again, your peace.
