Church @ the Mall

It's a Sunday.
It's not a market day.
But the mall is milling
and bustling with activity.
The mall car park is full of
carfuls and car fools

Esenam, asks,
"Daddy,is the mall hosting church services?"
"No", I reply.
At the back of my minds runs the ideas
... this commercialisation of this civilisation
and then...the reminder by Edem on the need to pass by the mall
to pick a a new remote control for the tv
otherwise the stupid box @ home will suffer screen blackout.
Not far from the milling maul
Esenam identifies again a bank
standing on the premises of a big church.

Should the bank open its doors to the public on Sunday
and do business that Brother Jesus does not approve of on this holy day,
In the House of not only His Father but our Father,
Brother Jesus would wield the cane
He would not spare the rod
Against those who commercialise this civilisation
In the church, the synagogue, mosque and in the ashram.