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Ill-gotten

Greg McNeilly

Updated: 6 days ago

 

An event of horror so horrible,

Germed in Gomorrah too deplorable,

It slouched among the depths till potable,

lixuor supped as unholy peccable.


Wrought by prophet, in station brought low;

Pauline's ride aped, to attempt an overthrow';

Masked by reform, ill sought a nuncio;

Spun Mass around, towards a seraglio.


A subversive victory for Lilith,

Behemoth spirit steals all from Naboth,

Noble latria brought down and clothed in sackcloth,

Not by Ahab, but by Luther.


Ill-gotten, but gain nonetheless,

Evil this way slides, crafting its lie,

More powerful than we the many, belie,

Could it be, the serpent but god?


Next a demon that laughs, who learns to speak;

Mastering prose, finds his next soul to keep;

Launches a great war, turning all that is good - bleak;

Yells "Richmond too a Rome, thus it must burn!"


A man tall and gaunt, spurns order and right;

Claiming a crusade, he strives to unite;

Forcing to their death, American hoplites;

Issued total war upon wings of night.

By Greg McNeilly

A graphic depiction of the poem "Ill Gotten" that explores the Reformation.
"Ill Gotten"

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