I’m not a religious person but by Chen Chen

I’m not a religious person but

by Chen Chen

(published in his 2017 book, When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, BOA)

God sent an angel. One of his least qualified, though. Fluent only in

Lemme get back to you. The angel sounded like me, early twenties,

unpaid interning. Proficient in fetching coffee, sending super

vague emails. It got so bad God personally had to speak to me.

This was annoying because I’m not a religious person. I thought

I’d made this clear to God...