Thank God for Dead Reverends

On the passing of the reverend of the Westboro Baptist Church.

Thank God for Dead Reverends

 

By Elton Camp

 

It was when Fred Phelps was lying dead

That the word like this was cruelly said

 

It was written in bold red on a large sign

And held at his funeral in a picket line

 

Family looked at the reverend with despair

As he lay so still in his coffin over there

 

As they mourned, there could be no doubt

From a distance they heard the angry shout

 

“Others Phelps did judge and condemn

So now we are so happy to be rid of him.”

 

“He is experiencing the fate of a religious liar

And is now screaming in agony in blazing fire.”

 

“How could they be so cruel?” his family did say

Forgetting they’d done others the very same way

 

What will now become of Westboro Baptist Church

Without their leader, they have been left in the lurch

 

 (No, he isn’t really dead.)