The Holy Runway

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I entered the fashion show

to learn about Jesus.

Extravagant ornamentation lead me

to marble coffee tables

where the faithful could devour

free fair trade coffee

while talking about the latest

My Chemical Romance record.

Through the mass of humanity,

I pushed and shoved

my way

to a cushy seat,

eager to worship.

To learn.

Before me

a sea of ironically mustached hipsters

with hair coiffed like spun gold

and jeans showing off packages

so tightly

that they threatened to wipe out

the hipster race.

Indecent young women

flaunting ample cleavage

and plastic faces.

Music from finely tuned musicians

blared

behind a light show,

distorting the message.

but the band looked good

in their tattoo sleeves,

Abercrombie skinny jeans

and five hundred dollar

leather shoes.

They made way for the

Handsome orator, who,

with pomposity,

spoke of the dangers of lust

and sex

while reminding

the adoring hipster lackeys,

so pretty,

so finely manicured,

that God looked at the inside,

man

on what adorned. The lackeys

cheered and clapped.

I could hear jewelry tinking gently

beneath the uproar.

As I got up to leave, a sour laugh

emerged longingly from my lungs.

Laughter bred from a longing

for a safe place

to worship and learn.

Where no one would care

about my fashion,

my tattoo collection,

my musical tastes,

my bank account.

A place where I could worship

without cheating on my wife

with my eyes.

all rights reserved. copyright Justin W. price Jan 4th, 2012.

Thanks for Reading.

PDXKaraokeGuy, also known as Justin W. Price, is an author with Sweatshoppe Publications, which will soon re-release his poetry collection, Digging to China. Additionally, the managing editor at eFiction horror and The New Bridge online newspaper.. Husband to Andrea, father to two dogs. writer.poet.baseball fan. tattooed. He is am amateur theologian with a rabid sweet tooth. He resides in a suburb of Portland, Oregon.He has a poetry book available for Amazon Kindle, and also maintains a blog, FirstBlog. His work has been featured in the Crisis Chronicles, efiction Magazine, The Hellroaring Review, the Bellwether Review, eFiction Humor, and the Rusty Nail. Please visit his profile page for more information. Thanks!