The Sceptic Poem by Robert William Service

The Sceptic

Rating: 4.5


My Father Christmas passed away
When I was barely seven.
At twenty-one, alack-a-day,
I lost my hope of heaven.

Yet not in either lies the curse:
The hell of it's because
I don't know which loss hurt the worse --
My God or Santa Claus.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Albert Short 24 July 2016

Makes me wonder if Service was a closet Unitarian.

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