Soapbox

Patriot Dreams

Based on a bumper sticker I aquired during my tenure as a Kerry campaign volunteer. 

 

What was God

Before He became an American~

before we gave him a green card

and a big foam finger that says

“We’re # 1!�

 

Was He Protestant or Catholic

when He lived in Belfast?

Did He have a shop in a Warsaw ghetto

before the second world war?

When the British Empire ruled the seas

did He wear a starched collar and drink tea

or did he serve his masters

with slender brown hands?

What side of the flames was he on

 during the Inquisition,

And what name did he go by

in the Crusades?

 

I know God speaks English,

and I guess Hebrew and Latin~

but does he hear prayers in Hindi, Mandarin

and Navajo?

 

Next time the president talks to God

I wish he would ask God those questions,

and also ask

 how an endless war

will ever bring us peace.