Good-morning, Revolution: You’re the very best friend I ever had. We gonna pal around together from now on. . . .[41] While poems embracing revolution were well received in Russia, they were not in the United States, especially by evangelical Christians and patriotic citizens. However, it was his poem “Goodbye Christ” that particularly disturbed Christians and their sympathizers. Listen, Christ, You did alright in your day, I reckon— But that day’s gone now. They ghosted you up a swell story, too, Called it Bible— But it’s dead now. The popes and the preachers’ve Made too much money from it.
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