Lack of Faith

He pauses in the act of sweeping down
a statue of the hidden god and says,
in case they understanding him not, “A frown
upon your midnight face! The end of days
is not far off so you should sing your hymns
and go to mass and evensong and praise
the Lord your God and kneel: confess your sins,
seek absolution ere the world’s ablaze
and seals are struck to set the demons free
to walk upon the earth these men to slay
and boys for whom these pagan gods decree
a fate for which their bodies will decay.
Here me the words of Lucifer and cry
for Heaven lest your beasts and loved ones die.