Devil Juice

So I mentioned my dad is a
Preacher
If you see him, you will think
He is a Man of God and he may be.
But the thing is he has a shameful
Addiction
He is addicted to the liquor,
The intoxicating alcohol and its
Seductive liquid components
In the Holy world, we call it
Devil juice
My dad is a preacher and he is addicted
To the Devil juice
He is committing adultery with the devil juice.
Devil juice got him trapped in a secret earth of
Shameful pleasure
You can smell it in his breath and odor
My mom is never happy in this Holy union
With me, what can I say?
I’m just used to a “blessed” house flunking
With the evil senses of the forbidden alcohol
Adultery Recommitted
So while my dad is cheating on my mom
With alcohol,
My mom is cheating on my dad with a man
That I know from church.
His name is Jesus and yes, he is Spanish.
I know other kids will be affected by this
Kind of immoral behavior that is taught
To be against the highly glorified book
However, I’m not.
I’m not because I was born in this messed
Up Christian chaos
I just hit up Jesus to help with my Spanish
Homework and I just don’t care what my mom
And he does.
My dad is committing adultery and my mom
Is recommitting adultery
Therefore, it is just a daily display
Of adultery recommitted
Welcome to my not-so-holy house

Devil Juice is a poem from the book:

Baptized in GXLD by Delali Norvor

Photo Credit

Whiskey on the rocks – Wikipedia Creative Commons

Guest Author Bio

Delali Norvor
Delali Norvor is a teenage writer residing in Maryland. She was born in Accra, Ghana in 1995. She is an avid reader and she skipped 6th grade in middle school. She won second place at the 36th annual PGCPS Write-A-Book contest, and her poem named “Music Video Life” is being published in a poetry book called “A Celebration of Poets.” She just started her senior year at Eleanor Roosevelt High School.

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