Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Hallowed be Thy App
“…that unmistakable English church-going pace…holding, bound in
black lamb-skin and white celluloid, the liturgies of a half dozen conflicting
sects…”
-Waugh, Brideshead Revisited
One sees a Bible only occasionally
Even more rarely a Sunday missal
Which, with coat and tie and
the mantilla
Are relics of a courtlier,
more dignified time
The faithful now carry the
scriptures as apps
The rosary the same (maybe
next to Candy Crush)
An electronic conscience
funded by an investment firm
And available at a low introductory
price
A talking box - it must
be Godly and true
And just as eternal as the
Apple II
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