of all faiths,
has killed more people
in the name of god,
have spread more prejudice
and hatred in the name of god…
and have taken more
from the innocent and poor,
in the name of god…
whatever god!
than all the tyrants
throughout history!
true faith,
of whatever flavor,
is based in compassion.
any action done
outside of compassion
has nothing to do
with a true god!
the cross of Jesus,an elephant’s tusk,and Hemingway’s shotgun!always exposing the ragged edgeto both sun and rain….as if daring,the soul to breathe,and the hungered heart to beat!
we remain an ignorant people!a short poem, a bent nail,a heavy hammer!
……rusted by the rain.the body of the young man shot…left in the streets,…..the bullet, and the silence.the trembling hand that lights the pipe,….and the anger deep inside.……the young woman giving birth,the light that screams for darkness.…the door latch broken…..on the vacant house,and the roar of the empty.…the waves that break the barricade,…..leaving dead fish on…
is the sound ofyour own heart,crying out for theembrace of all others…a child, nursingat the breast of humanity,knowing only mother,womb, and breast…the smell on your breath,the stink of human need;the taste on your lips,the flesh of hunger!
louisville slugger cocked,bases loaded, two outs!freckled faced girdle wrappedmomma sworn girls laughing…old chevy trucks, three on the tree,careful not to jam the gears.rock n’roll blaring, pedal to the floor,Richard Farina rebellion,‘beware the monkey demon’!and Vietnam lied and vomitedon the tv screens…gunshots, dead Kennedy’s,and Martin Luther King defiledby angry riots…marching for peace,cuffed and stuffed in a…
my mother wanted me to bea preacher, so i read about Jesus,and His life… they killed Him!when i was nine years old,and in the fourth grade,they killed JFK in Dallas….just before he pulled usout of the Vietnam lie……by this time i had questions,i knew something was wrong….they went on to kill Martin Luther King,Robert Kennedy,…
