Rural Carolina

By Leineco

At the corner of 133 and Old Fayetteville
Road, there’s a Baptist Missionary Church
newly arisen from a dilapidated Speedy Gas.
I‘d watched the resurrection proceed
from hollowed-out, graffitied shell
to white-washed, cross-crowned clapboard -
another conclave for Jesus. Like the mall space 
reclamation and the feed store transformation 
a few miles away in another and another and another 
rural Carolina, bible-belt county.
About two dozen pick-ups, sedans and wagons
congregate there every Sunday, 9:00-1:00,
transport for the converts who come to pray 
for the favor of exemption 
from the damnation their Bible implies 
for heathen nonbelievers.

Different name; same game.
Fill ‘em up with high test and send them 
on their way, a little lighter in the wallet
but bound, no doubt, for Glory Road.




 

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Copyright 2015 Leineco
Published on Monday, November 16, 2015.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Leineco On Thursday, January 11, 2018, Leineco (59)By person wrote:

    Thanks Cassette :-)

  • Cassette On Thursday, January 11, 2018, Cassette (1087)By person wrote:

    This is truly well written.

  • Leineco On Thursday, November 19, 2015, Leineco (59)By person wrote:

    Thanks Faded :-) Yup - divine comedy! Indeed, Indeed.

  • Leineco On Thursday, November 19, 2015, Leineco (59)By person wrote:

    Thanks Peyton :-) I'm a native New Yorker - but moved down here to the Carolinas in 1996. I am still constantly amazed to see churches pop up pretty much anywhere - and almost instantly gather a congregation! It's… I don't know… weird. LOL

  • FadedBlues On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, FadedBlues (2096)By person wrote:

    ...salvation is a prime commodity, all part of the divine comedy, I guess. great write...

  • Peyton1 On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, Peyton1 (205)By person wrote:

    Being from North Carolina myself, I can really connect with this piece. I too have witnessed such transformations, and completely agree with the outcome you have depicted here. I have most likely even passed by the corner you write of here. Later................................ ~Ace~

  • Leineco On Monday, November 16, 2015, Leineco (59)By person wrote:

    I'm pleased you enjoyed the read Beth

  • ColorMeToxic On Monday, November 16, 2015, ColorMeToxic (238)By person wrote:

    I was drawn to this because I am from SC. I don't regret reading it... Scholar

  • Leineco On Monday, November 16, 2015, Leineco (59)By person wrote:

    Couldn't agree more kinki! Thanks for reviewing

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