Black and White Segregation
The Sabbath is entirely to itself.
We make it stranger to the other days.
We place the Sabbath on a sacred shelf
And close the cupboard door. Its windows glaze
The Sabbath off, though, notionally, it
Can look through glass to see unholy times,
And what we do in them, sins we commit,
And such like stuff. We think that all our crimes
Don’t matter since our strictness keeps that day
Apart and since we go to church and grace its pews
In holy suits and ties. We sing and pray
And listen to the separate Gospel news.
..We leave the Sabbath in its holy space,
….Locating goodness in its backseat place.