Jonathan's Descent

The last time I went to church
was the day I first began to realise
that I was an atheist.
That was about six weeks ago.
ever since then I’d been coming
to the café and drinking the coffee
and slowly forgetting
all the morals that the
youth ministry had taught me
and learning more about
how to act in society.
And this was a better bliss
than any service to God.
I suppose Milton was right
when he wrote those
famous lines—
better to reign in hell
than to serve in heaven.