by Carl S. I thought some ExChristian.net readers might enjoy my poem, Round and Round, which appeared in the July/August issue of American Atheist magazine. Round & Round T here are many kinds of dances In the land of Limerick Zoo And the town of Verse-Take-A-Pick, Where the poems and the jokes Doe-see-doe with the folks; It’s the same old/new ballyhoo. F or the jokes and the wordplays are so much alike In the ways they elicit emotion, By twisting, accenting, with insightful might, Elicit prejudice, delight, and devotion. S uppose that the prose, so often repeated, inflected, Must give credence to faith without reason, The most ridiculous things are accepted, Are jokes taken serious by folk, The beyond rhyme or reason, To the point where rejection is treason. A nd they go round and round in perennial repeating tradition, Seeking comfort in pain, which they spurn, By key words and phrases that release inhibition, Despite contradiction, determined and firm in conviction, Unwilling ...