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Your run-of-the-mill dishonest hypocrite
doesn't really object to
the fraudulent trappings of religion:
the vain ceremonials, the ceremonial vanities,
the bland absurdities of this ritual called worship.
Metaphorically speaking,
he devours the sanctimonious goodies
because they taste good NOT to his soul
but to his ego.
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Tidewater Morning
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Footnotes
The character speaking was within minutes
of becoming a widow
The minister (with his wife)
walked into the man's house, uninvited
The narrator of this story,
told in flashback,
is the thirteen year-old boy
about to be orphaned
There are two companion
(but independent) stories
within this short volume
The quote is from the title story
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