The Hill

Before the Lord sinners are herding.

The Golden Rule is plated thin

with too cheap an undergirding.

The Hill has ways to practice sin

'cause the word of God weighs nothing.

Carrying the weapons under their shirts

they say their bible is wanting

the innocents sacrificed for their mirth

and the specter of war ever haunting

the days and dreams of lessors

who pray for their tongue's salting;

awaiting the notice of good confessors

to plead for evils' halting.


Author's Notes/Comments: 

According to Haitian folklore, feeding salt to a zombie will return it to its senses.

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