Onward Christian Soldiers Revisited

once upon a time
there were Christians who had reason to fear
government’s control of religion
today’s born agains seek to turn back time
born out of lack of parental love
if their own mother had had a choice
she might have aborted them
fearing death they fight Oregon
and their democratic majority’s decision
of the right to choose death with dignity
those self same Christians
want their religion to be the law of the land
even as they willingly send children
off to war to kill / to be killed
“Save the sperm and egg once united!”
“Save the terminally ill!”
the former gives us unwanted children
which creates abused children
which creates fodder for their wars
the later keeps dollars flowing
into medical megalomaniacs
unto the very last drop of life