Tag Archives: Powers that be

POEM: Nobodies

The powers that be school us in learned helplessness. The powers that be want to convince you that you are a nobody, in their scheme of things. Well, good people, I know plenty of “nobodies” who are awesome wrenches in … Continue reading

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POEM: Catchy Zzzz’s

I see much of life as a struggle to maintain a vigorous consciousness and cultivate a vital, life-affirming conscience. I see the powers that be as offering a vain, numbing “contentment,” free of inconvenient or uncomfortable realities. Security becomes distancing … Continue reading

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POEM: That Clarity Amidst Blood

That Clarity Amidst Blood The tides of change are rising From a tsunami of tears The salt of the earth Uniting with water The solution that is life That clarity amidst blood And where souls hit the street Awash with … Continue reading

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Toledo Democracy Day Testimony: Focus on Racism, White Supremacy

Below is the testimony I delivered today before Toledo City Council, or rather the three council members who showed up.  The mayor also showed up for part of the testimony. Democracy Day Testimony March 5, 2018 Hi, my name is … Continue reading

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A Spiritual Autobiography

I wrote the below spiritual autobiography a dozen years ago as part of a servant leadership study group.  While it definitely needs updating, it serves well as a brief overview of my spiritual history and development over much of my … Continue reading

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ACTIVIST POEM: Our Ayes Will Have It

She had Enough Of half-baked politicians She kneaded democracy Here and now As the yeast she could do Sounding off To those who might Listen Wee choir not A grand stand To lift every voice and sing Wringing well The … Continue reading

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POLITICAL POEM: Buy Partisan Ship

If you knot for me You agin Me Oh my They would halve US Believe In a New York minute Weather 60 second ads Or master debating in public For ours To won party Or buy partisan ship That teeming … Continue reading

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THIRD PARTY POEM: A Door Number Three

A Door Number Three Caught a mist The cross Fire Between partisan streams Shooting for number won Too put out In A narrow mined field Wear white is anti-black And black is nonwhite So fanatical about your stripes Yet no … Continue reading

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POLITICAL POEM: Among Politicians For Sail

In the art of politics We are the wind Awe that madders To those who sea Among politicians for sail Transcending them to helm In their infernal riggings And whatever weigh As such politics Blows And how ever along winded … Continue reading

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POLITICAL POEM: Pick You’re Genocide

Pick You’re genocide Won side or the other Gun to head Ahead to gun Aliens pervade our atmosphere As whirled wore thee Restless natives no so slight Wear homieland security rules Redcoats and bluecoats Everyday cover ups Of fuzz overruling … Continue reading

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COMEDIAN JESUS: Pax Romana — You’re Killing Me!

This Comedian Jesus political cartoon highlights the shallow liberalism and false choices of Pax Romana, the metaphorical stand-in for Pax Americana, peace through so-called enlightened domination. This Comedian Jesus cartoon also ties the all-too-convenient collaboration of political and religious elites … Continue reading

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POEM: To The See Tossing

Even As a serious looker She wore a millstone Round her neck Never experiencing a vocation Long enough Too go To the see tossing This is a Monday mourning poem for awe of you wage slaves.  It is far too … Continue reading

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POEM: Zombie Apocalypse — Carry On

In habiting That thin lyin’ Between living and undead Pray and prey Plodding for survival so chaste Eerie reverence For awe virtually unmoving They’ve got You’re numb-er Too many to re-pulse To take account of De-sending from cubicles and proto-calls … Continue reading

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POEM: The Yeast Of These

Wile there is much bred Daily preyed for Ample for awe concerned That seemingly still Fomenting swell times A mist repleting agin and agin In dubitable motifs Giving ascent to That for most ingredient A telling signature of homme The … Continue reading

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POEM: A Whole In The Wall

The man Reproached With muscles taut Just as I stood up With a plank beyond question A clear-cut match To the breach in the wall As an unwanted chink in won’s wooden amor As if adore rendering useless In efface … Continue reading

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POEM: More Than Just, A Tinkle In The Pants

Sum people say Show me the money Only taking That folding Money Maid of paper Illegal to ink for won self You’re money or you’re life Weather helled up Or razing heaven Our soles speak As bodies of evidence And … Continue reading

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POLITICAL CARTOON: CEO Jesus Retirement Plan

CEO Jesus: You Had Me At The Retirement Plan After a long hiatus, CEO Jesus is back.  This comic was inspired by a poem I wrote recently: At Jesus, Inc. I came for the love and mutuality I stayed for … Continue reading

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POEM: Keep Your Eye On The Ball

The red ball bounces Like a metronome But with less rhythm Over every lyric uncomposed Like a wrecking ball But less harmonious A juggernaut emblazoned In fire engine red But less melodious Like a no alarm fire But with less … Continue reading

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POEM: That Wholly Lessen

Kneeling before Mother Earth Shattering Knews Buy sum mirror mortals That scant except abundance Farced too Under stand That wholly lessen Taut As awe for one And won for all And what too due To be apprehended Those borne too … Continue reading

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POEM: To Abettor Portion: Owed To Math You 5:21-48

The shepherd pays dear Attention to his sheep As the sheep due Not follow suits But accompany prophets In ways safe from a peril That compound interest in the whirled As you have herd It said You shall not murder … Continue reading

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