He boldly declared that it is flat-out wrong
To have any rule that’s not in the Bible.
And I asked whether this would include
The very rule he was stating—as there is
No such rule to be found in the Bible.

And that, it appears, was the end of
Our conversation.

And to this day, I suppose,
He remains unwilling to
Admit the error to me,
If his silence is
Any indication.

And while he may still be proud of it,
I’m still pretty sure that he learned
Neither the rule, nor the evasion
From Jesus.