I always
argued that
religion
and God were
just fictions.
Stories used
to explain
things beyond
our ken. It
did not make
me the most
popular
man in Spoon
River, a
town that was
quite pious.
But I stuck
to my guns.
I also
believed there
was no such
thing as an
afterlife.
So I’m not
sure what this
is right here,
where I am.
But I am
willing to
entertain
theories on
it without
bowing down
and giving
praise to the
Christian god.