FredPeyer

The Preacher

This Poem was inspired by and is in tribute to

the song \'Ticket to Heaven\'

by the Dire Straits

 

Sally is listening with rapt attention

Mesmerized by the honeyed voice

Slave to his penetrating eyes

He is leaving her no choice

 

Writing down the address on the screen

Her checkbook on her knees

She gives him all she has

Oh preacher, save me please

 

The children will go hungry for a while

But it’s for all their good

Sacrifices must be made

This has to be understood

 

Her heart swells with gratitude and joy

Goes out to the man on the screen

He is changing her drab existence

Bettering her life from what has been

 

A woman enters the stage

Begins to speak in tongues

Sally’s mouth stays open

She knows where she belongs

 

She keeps on sending money

To the man with the diamond rings

For a chance at a place in heaven

A white gown and pair of wings

 

And while she experiences bliss

And satisfaction in her heart

Her family, life, and job

Are falling all apart

 

There is no money to buy food

No money to pay the rent

It is on dreams and illusions

That it has been spent

 

Soon Sally is evicted

The kids are in foster care

The man on TV is happy

He always gets his share