Lord we pray to you,
now
that we have nothing more to lose
not our churches, now hotels and pubs
not our children, to whom we teach to deny you for a ball
not our daughters, unwilling to be mothers
and partners for one night
not our spouses, with their well-fed pets
and their unborn children
not our work, no more in your name
not our free-time, where you don’t belong
not our martyrs, ever more and forgotten
not our rulers, who despise you
now
that we have sold you for thirty pieces of silver
and the night has fallen in our hearts,
amen.