D&C 88:124 #2 Cease to be Unclean

Sonnet 814 D&C 88:124 #2  Cease to be Unclean

The unclean of the world used to be
The lepers and diseased upon the street
Required to declare it by decree
“Unclean! Unclean!” they loudly must repeat.

And being thus compelled to so exclaim
Though ever in their hearts was the desire
To cease to be unclean and lose the shame
Of living in a physical hellfire.

But filthiness of heart prevails today
And unlike lepers, many hell bound folk
Have no desire to cease to be that way
And look upon repentance as a joke.

Those shamelessly promoting the obscene
Might just as well be shouting out  “Unclean!”