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apostasy:

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Published: May 12, 2015

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Literature Text

I wrapped an aureole round my head,
so contrived to receive absolution,
and I threw myself down on my hands and knees,
so self-abasing, ad nauseum,
playing puritanical, acting vestal,
how abhorring, ad infinitum.

I did not acquiesce, I
believed.

I believed those apocryphal dogmas,
these non-empirical maxims,
these obsolete axioms.

And then I picked up my feet,

    and
            then
    I
        ran.

Consider this nullibiety; I don't know where I shall stand at the end of the day.
Consider this malfeasance; I left behind everything I once knew that day.
Consider this nonage; my actions are mutable to this day.

All I'm certain of is heretofore, I've never felt this close to the seventh heaven.

The meaning to this poem may be discreet, so I'll just tell you the general idea. It is about a person who comes to reject the religion they had once believed in and "runs" from its binds.

***DISCLAIMER***
This poem, although is written in first person, doesn't refer to myself. It was based completely on a book I read in the past ("Burned" by Ellen Hopkins) and a bit on comedian Bo Burnham's views on religion. These ideas were corroborated into one narrative, as one completely separate, fictitious perspective. This is not my story, nor my own views, just a take on someone else's. In short, please don't get mad at me if anything comes off as offensive.

full title - apostasty: the abandonment of religious belief, or a 10-minute lesson in impressive-sounding vocabulary.

A bit of a departure from what I usually write, but hey, whatever. Religion is not an active force in my life, but it is always there nevertheless, so I was going to write about it eventually. Tell me what you think of it.

Enjoy!