Communion Service (Sonnet) Poem by Gert Strydom

While the pastor does ignore the clock
the congregation does become restless at twelve
where he does look well fed in his neat black cassock
and the minister does into scripture much deeper delve
while the couple with their child does each kneel on a red hassock,

a high-school child does page through an old songbook
while the congregation waits for the child to be blessed,
a teen-age boy does pinch another with a mischievous look,
a widow dressed in black seems utterly depressed
and the stern faced head-elder does no dissention brook.

The normally empty church is packed to capacity
when the communion service does begin
and some people bring their expensive cars for all to see,
while adulterers, cheats and businessmen act as if free from sin.