Priest (written about Denis Kevans, 1990)

I know a little writer,
he's a humorous sort of sod,
and he says he's off religion
but I know he close to god

Cause he worships at the public bar
and with the people there
he sings a song and has a joke,
and quotes his book of prayer.

And like most priests there is a time
when he is all alone,
and he thinks of bloody awful things
for which we must atone,

and like most priest there is a time
when vision nears despair,
when he grasps for solid gospel
and clutches empty air,

and like some priests there is a time
when voices like a choir
inflame his tinder spirit
and set his soul on fire...

then you'll find him with his faithful,
with psalms and songs and beers
celebrating joyfully,
as his eyes brim up with tears.

Doug Jenner