Faith
After the second great 20th century war
in a remote corner of Zambia a crone
with a battered hand-crank phonograph
and one scratched and worn record of
Churchill calling for wartime sacrifice
played the record repeatedly in her yard.
She told the growing crowd of listeners that
it was God's voice anointing her his agent
and commanding they obey her completely.
Many believed and built a clay temple to
house her and the rumbling voice of God.
An embarrassed government sent soldiers
to destroy the temple, killing hundreds.