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HEAVENS GATE

If theirs a heaven for mankind,
Is there one for cockroaches as well.
Or do they When they die,
End up in a cockroach motel.
Or do all the creepy crawlies,
End up in Lucifer's jail.
Does the herald at heavens door,
Let them in to tell the tale.
As they scamper across the floor,
As well as the fly that gets squashed
Against the walls and doors.
For isn't It mankind,
That are the only sinner's.
As we sit down once again,
For our slaughtered dinner's.
You think that taking of a life,
That would be a sin.
If you were standing at heavens gate,
Would you let yourself in?

Poetry by Alan J Ripley