I love Jesus, but I drink a little

“I love Jesus, but I drink a little”

                                                --Gladys Hardy         

Margarie was a good Christian woman,

but she loved Seagram’s gin

almost as much as she

loved Jesus—

Almost.

 

She had her daily

devotion  with

a little tonic water

and two ice cubes.

 

Now don’t get me wrong—

she was a good Christian woman,

but she didn’t like colored people.

Why?

She didn’t know, but

her Daddy, Big Jim,

hated them, too.

 

Margarie was a good Christian

woman. Just ask Reverend Sikes,

or  John Deare

who lived on Maple Street.

 

They both said she

“was a good woman”

after sharing her bed.

 

When Margarie died

the whole town

turned out.

 

On her tombstone

was writ in big

 block letters:

Margarie Johnson:

1924-1992

Good Mother

Good Wife.

She was a good

Christian woman.

© David L. Cooper