Broad Church

Religion, I ask you!

Fried fish

for Friday tea.

In a Catholic home

God gets his wicked way each day,

Amen!

04/02/19

Author's Note

Reviews

[Leslie Philibert]

A poet I know well and like. Here a bitter,sarcastic but also witty poke at the Catholic Church, which deserves all the criticism it gets..

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Indeed a poke at Catholicism in all its guises. Many thanks Leslie.

[Iam-me]

LOL, this made me laugh my head off. Love it John. When most Catholics want to go to the pub, get drunk and eat meat.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

And the rest Dawn. Cheers!

[wordman]

lol,a disgruntled catholic,we had fish every friday at my school,and most was not catholic,but a good message

[John Alexander McFadyen]

We have fish every Thursday now, but by choice. Having it with friends this Friday though! Cheers Ron.

[wordman]

you`re welcome my friend

[PatrickPink]

Love the internal rhyme in the fourth line, and the use of 'amen' at the end to add to the religious significance. Also the whole fish/religion thing feels pretty poignant, the allegory of the feeding of the 5000 comes to mind, and drawing it parralel with the mundane British chippy is great!

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Thanks Partick. Just my Darwinism after a Catholic upbringing in East end Glasgow, kicking in!

[PatrickPink]

I know the feeling man, I was brought up Catholic as well, which to be honest is probably why I moved away from religion later in life haha

[John Alexander McFadyen]

There are hundreds of thousands of us in the same boat. Reading Dan Brown's 'Origin' brings it home!

[Kelly Scheppers]

Lol, I had to laugh at Jacob's regurgitating a hot dog! Indeed, I remember the sorbid tales of nuns my mother used to speak of at catholic school, and oh, the fear it instilled in me.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ah I see it now, Kelly taking the vow!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

lenient rules on that now...except in Lent....but i remember one time as a kid eating a hot dog for lunch, forgetting it was Friday...i was so scared i tried to regurgitate it...OW...Black Friday. the real one.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Ok I know it shouldn't, but that made me laugh Jacob. Many thanks.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

hey, when i look back on that , i always laugh..

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Always let your dogs cool down before taking a bite my ole granny used to say!

[kentuck14]

Wow! How I remember those fishsticks every friday night. What a relief when Mom made us almon patties!!!