Sunday Purgatory

The boredom and tedium of Sunday school.
Light relief compared to the sermon
But to what end?
What purpose such solemn activity? Why

Wordsearch the 12 disciples
Weave a woolly god's-eye
Construct stiff paper 2D camels
Colour in Samson and Delilah
Listen to stories that don't make sense
Locate Ethiopia on a map
Sing the praises of our Lord and his son
Sew an easter bonnet? Badly.

And after, tea with the vicar in the hall
Bustling with the righteous
Well-scrubbed, best-dressed
Lavender old ladies who say,
'You can only have one now mind.'
Just the one, miserly digestive
As you take your weekly offering from the plate.