Sunday Brunch
They shuffle in with their crucifix necklaces
Breathing and exhaling pious wafts of air
Impatient to be seated
They didn’t hold the door open for the pregnant woman and her two small children
bibles first, they pushed their way through
The kind of folks who have scripture in their bios but post about the (insert minority group) invading their “Where’s my Merry Christmas Coffee Sleeve?!?” Starbucks.
The type to make a scene for their small army of white friends
Just to say, “you’re so pretty” to my son’s mother
Then casually use the n word around white-only company
Yeah,
These folks who feel uplifted by their own self-righteousness
Their reward is surely heaven
For posting a meme that tells their non-muslim friendlist how they haven’t forgot about Jesus
Jesus — he may have recieved a prayer in exchange for an instagram picture
From our virtue posturing Christian neighbors
The type to give big in church when the congregation is watching
But only tips advice
At Sunday Brunch
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Great descriptions of these folks. Sad moments but don’t we all know some of these people?
I especially love the opening detail and the specifics and rhythm of the last three lines.
When someone does not realize they are corrupted, and think they are walking around as a moral lightening rod — what they end up conducting is intolerance and ignorance.
The folks that love taking pictures with non-white children on mission trips and stay silent when non-white children need help in the US.
They are the anti-abortionists who don’t care if the child has access to health care once they are born.
They believe in charitable donations, if they can write it off on their taxes.
They rally against social welfare programs and promote the expansion of military presence to help “liberate” the same folks they trample in their anti-immigrant rhetoric.
They are white blood cells that attack their own body — corrupted and lost.
Yes, we all know these people — and the realization is demoralizing when they identify themselves.