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.

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