your body is a temple
they say
but what if i’m an atheist?
what if i stopped believing long ago
that this bag of skin i call a home
is a place i could ever worship
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if my body is a temple
why do i care not for its presence
this is not to say i am without respect
but rather all i feel is indifferent
to a thing that fulfills its function
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if my body is a temple
then you can find me down in hell
because the only time i’m ever down on my knees
is in front of the toilet, chin on the seat
throwing up last nights cider
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if my body is a temple
then thank god I am broke
with no money to spend on the religion
of keeping this body in perfect condition
just to prove to you I like myself
/
if my body is a temple
god is lucky i don’t believe
but if i did she’d be real proud
to watch this waste of sacred ground
eating too many nacho chips
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if my body is a temple
then it would not be able to fuck
nor smoke nor drink nor purge nor binge
nor spend the entire day sleeping in
without committing some sort of sin
yet i do all these things in peace
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if my body is a temple
good luck convincing me
because this liquid sack of blood and guts
can work its limbs and beat its heart
can burp and sneeze and hiccup and fart
without my worshipping it
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