Tainted Love

Bishop Long & his "Four Gospel Connoisseurs"

Tainted Love

“Honey, you can’t
be both Martin Luther
King and Bette Davis.”
—Gore Vidal to James Baldwin,
James McCourt, Queer Street

I try not to get too—
Hoity-toity when it comes
To what Snake Noir Is…
What Snake Noir Ain’t.

It seems like always—
There’s a skanky Snake in
The Garden of Eden, baby.
Just ask Adam & Eve.

For every Blowjob—
There’s a Whistleblower.
Just ask Eddie Long and his
"Four Gospel Connoisseurs."

For every Elmer Gantry—
There’s a queer Holy Roller
Howling in the tent there
Beneath the Baptist Moon.

Hallelujah Brother!!!—
I’ve Been There, Done That.
I’ve played the Role of Kingfish
Groveling down on my Knees.

I’ve felt the K-Y Shame—
And Hangover Guilt afterwards.
I’ve known the Look of Tainted Love
And the Taste of Snake Noir.
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“Eddie Long (senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb, GA), settles lawsuit about having sex with four young males after lavishing gifts on them” See:

http://www.christianpost.com/news/bishop-eddie-long-reaches-settlement-out-of-court-50561/