like your hands when you emptied his bedpan…
like your tears when you stood alone by his grave!
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simple shells,
and experience….once carried by life,now left behind,a gift? or just memory…echoing the soundof waves poundingsome far off shore….waiting for the handsof a child!
we took down the body of God,
from the bones with razor sharp knives.out of this flesh we made hunger.we carefully cut the heart out,and out of this heart we made weapons.we plucked out the eyeballs,and out of them we made greed.from the bones we built housesin which no one could live.we scattered the remainsover the sands… and from themwe made oil,…
your love
now i’m nothing morethan the blades of grassthe gods walk on…the cool stones downby the river wherethey go to wash…the small twigs brokento start their fire….the stillness you run towhen you’re afraid!
blue lights in the parking lot,
on rain swept streets….ghosts march in pedantic rhythm,in the land of ‘no touch, no feel’….the gas pumps beeping,always beeping…. shadowsfeed shadows… a stray dogdead on the side of the road….‘can you spare a coupla dollars? ‘….heads turn, and walk away….a young couple walking the tracks….going nowhere, hand in hand.you can smell the vacant buildings,can hear…
without your lips on my soul,
without your eyes in my darkness,i am gone blind.without your tongue on my desire,my heart stops beating….without your wetness on my prayers,my god is dead!without your moan in my stillness,even the tomb is harsh and cold.without your kiss upon my freedom,everywhere i look…bars, and more bars!
can we not learn
in Egypt….how hard it is to takefreedom back once they take hold?can we not see the value,the right to vote and be counted,the right to speak and be heard,even at the cost of lives?can we not seethat this battle is worldwide?to restore freedom and dignityto the human race!the basic rights of all peopleto work, to…