The Devil Can Quote Scripture Poem by Saiom Shriver

'The devil can quote scripture.'
He is a Biblical scholar
.. his minions are behind
the armsmongers' dollars.
The eyes of Satan
the beholder...are evil.
He began the meat industry
in times primeval.
He discards the killers
he has possessed
and leaves them
human shells..
He projects his sadism
onto GOD
and teaches there's
eternal hell.
He taught Solomon
to be polygamous
and then centigamous
and then milligamous
and then to edit
GOD's unasterisked
'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
into 'there's a time
to heal and a time to kill'
Satan advocates executions..
especially electrocution.
To pray for the success
of civilian bombraids
he encourages presidential
preachers.
He works at universities
to oust pacifist teachers.
But his troops fight
amongst themselves
stealing from each
others' shelves.
In the sunlight
which defeats the night
we are reminded
that GOD
dwells in every mite
and defeats with LOVE
cruelty's illusory might.