8n8s Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

8n8s



Stercoranists
thought the substance of the host
had a separate soul
and after separating from it,
passed out of the body through the anus.

Transubstantiationists
said the host
was entirely converted
into Christ's body.

Doing the sum,
with nothing excreted,
the more host you'd eat,
the more Christful you'd become.

Fatness was one of their fates;
another,
to be gibed as the 8n8s.

Friday, August 4, 2017
Topic(s) of this poem: belief,body,christianity
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host - the consecrated bread of the eucharist
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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