urban sprawl

Eucharistic rites on Sunday
spurred on by a frenzied faith
in matters long outdated,
and convenience-store belief.
The sacrilegious mores
of urban-sprawled society,
stirs every penny preacher
to his pulpit
and there arouse philosophy.
The sacred and the damned,
charged indiscriminately
Twelve dollars for the Easter ham
but the homily is always free.

©2006 b.cisek

urban sprawl, noun: the spreading of urban developments (as houses and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a city
definition courtesy of merriam-webster online