And what of God? by Sally

And what of god

Your childhood friend

Long ago sent packing?

When the tested much-tried

Remedy, the self-help guide

With careful steps

Or packet mix repellent

But weight-loss guaranteed

And fast

The serious exercise regime

Rowing for your life

Breathe in, stay calm

Repeat this mantra daily

Above all keep the faith

Another bottle, glass of red?

Or mindless televisual

Crap, always a store

Saved, to be replayed

Numbing, hypnotic

Charm of babble and of noise

Prattle, a tale told

Neatly, sweetly

Organised to soothe

Imbibe ingest the drug

Of fiction and escape

Marian Keyes I

Swallow you, devour you

Or is that in reverse

Me, lost gone obliterated

In the pages and the verse?

And what of god

Your childhood friend

Long ago sent packing?

When all and none

Of the above

Will do the trick

Still the rats who gnaw

And bite, not pretty sight

Gruesome, reeking havoc

Then do you yearn

For mum and dad

For black and white TV

Before the F word everywhere

For good behaviour sure

To be rewarded

And are you tempted to your knees

Arthritic now and painful

To call upon him

Childhood friend

Long ago sent packing?