Salvation for the Calvinist Fanatic Who Did
not Know Yet that He Was a Lover of Boys;
the Doctrine of Double Predestination?
Christ’s zealot, Gide, was taken on a trip
To London by a friend. This duo went
A-slumming, spiritually . . . took a sip
Of Protestant revival in a tent.
Then as they left, a soft-voiced woman spoke
To André. Smiling, he said, crisply, “No.”
Well, “No, thank you.” This answer nearly broke
Her heart, it seems (the cad). The girl was so
Attractive and she spoke so sweetly that
His posture baffled her. He thought that she
Had propositioned him—and thus the flat
Refusal. André’s friend could better see
That Gide misunderstood her as he waved
Her off. (She’d asked did he want to be saved.)