More evidence, as if it were needed, that Chesterton rocks.
tim | 02.06.07 - 12:05 pm | #

Neil Gaiman (who appears to be a GKC fan at heart) used this in his novel "American Gods" -- where he has a real pagan god tweaking some SanFran "neopagan" about her practices ("a pagan, you say? Tell me about what sacrifices you offer... what rituals do you perform?"), and later quotes the line "those who do not have the faith, but will not have the fun."


peace,
Zach Frey | Homepage | 02.06.07 - 12:06 pm | #

Gaiman is indeed a Chesterton fan.
Mark S. (not for Shea) | 02.06.07 - 12:41 pm | #

"And they put him in an oven,
Just as if he were a pie."

I suppose funeral pyres are less acceptable means of cremation for Catholics than bakery-like crematoria which keeps the ashes from being scattered.

But this line suggests there is a more subtle dehumanization at work in such industrial corpse-disposals.
Kevin Jones | Homepage | 02.06.07 - 12:50 pm | #

The excellent Ben Hatke, who illustrated Regina Doman's Angel in the Waters, did an illustrated version of this poem, which we published in the magazine several years ago. I'll see if I can find it online. It will have you falling out of your chairs laughing.
Sean P. Dailey | Homepage | 02.06.07 - 1:19 pm | #

http://www.gilbertmagazine.com/p...om/ page_29.html
Chris Chan | 02.06.07 - 2:37 pm | #

Thanks, Chris! I forgot that we have the illustrated version on our website.

And thank to you too, Mark, for posting the link on the main page.


Sean P. Dailey | Homepage | 02.06.07 - 3:51 pm | #

I love this poem. Because it is so very, very true about me.
Ed the Roman | 02.06.07 - 6:12 pm | #

Should not Higgins read Dawkins?
Don.(Kiwi) | 02.07.07 - 2:47 am | #