Revival Service Poem by Gert Strydom

Deep in dark Africa a revival service is being held at a gigantic soccer stadium
with banner headlines shouting: "Jesus saves! Repentance is not necessary! "

The event is being broadcasted right across the world by satellite,
handbills that were drop from aeroplanes are blowing all over the place:

"Forget the law, Jesus saves! "

The speaker raises his fist into the air and the crowd does roar rejoicing
and some of them bend down before him

and do scream: "Amen, the Lord Jesus saves, Hallelujah! "

Like at a music concert brassieres and panties are thrown onto the stage,
the T-shirts of some of the women are removed and thrown into the throng

and they scream: "God saves the whole of Africa! "

A muscled bald man bursts through the guards, does jump onto the stage
and rushes at the evangelist and does rob him of his glasses, watch and ring

and he shouts: ""forget the law, "
while he does resist dozens of guards and the police.

Pandemonium breaks loose.