when an atheist prays (poemoff 15)

when an atheist prays (poemoff 15)

god said be happy
and he was good
real good
but never enough

it's never enough to
smash god with your
fingernail like a droplet of wax
semihardened
and exposed
heating the faux wood tabletop
causing curves and bubbles

they look like the surface of the moon

you never told me
that tears can
taste like candy



The first line of this poem comes from Zack's "WHATEVER."