A while back, I heard for the first time the term, “barndominium,” as a barn or storage facility on the first floor and housing on the second floor. Also, the term refers to the housing as “extra” housing, not a primary residence. In the case I heard, it was for boat storage and extra housing for when the kids or other guests visited. Of coarse, such an outhouse is subject to a commensurate amount of bullshit. There is a saying, “Eat, drink, and be merry,” which sometimes appends something to the effect of life being short. The popular wisdom in this usually connotes, “Enjoy life, it’s short.” The original aphorism is from the Bible, and its admonition has the exact opposite meaning: Don’t be seduced by worldly wealth for one’s own purpose when the world offers rich opportunities to do God’s work in an often unjust and merciless world. This poem is my take on this original scripture and meaning.<\/p>\n
Barn Dominion \u2013 Owed to Luke 12:16-21<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n And he told them this parable: \u201cThe ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He thought to himself, \u2018What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.\u2019 Then he said, \u2018This is what I\u2019ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. And I\u2019ll say to myself, \u2018You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.\u2019 But God said to him, \u2018You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?\u2019 This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.\u201d<\/em> Luke 12:16-21 (NIV)<\/span><\/p>\n He thought too himself A while back, I heard for the first time the term, “barndominium,” as a barn or storage facility on the first floor and housing on the second floor. Also, the term refers to the housing as “extra” housing, not a … Continue reading
\nI have
\nSo so much
\nWhat am I
\nToo due
\nFor me and mine
\nAnd how sow
\nBilled a barn
\nI\u2019ing the prize
\nEnough
\nCache for owed age
\nA tenuous spell
\nAs money pact
\nA dicey bargain
\nWith grave ends
\nTake life
\nEasy
\nEat, drink, and be merry
\nTabling banquets
\nThat fit
\nFore heaven
\nUnearthed
\nThe juice of strange fruits
\nDrunk
\nPreparing rapturous receptions
\nWith fooled for the gods
\nFleeced by unshared fetes
\nAs wolves in sheep\u2019s clothing
\nTheir soul refrain
\nTheir see\u2019d
\nLook at
\nMe
\nWe
\nJ\u014db creators
\nMeting their maker
\nThe lease of these
\nAnd awe that was ever axed
\nTurned out
\nTo be a lode of crop
\nAs foolish as conceivable accede
\nTemped by a bettor weigh
\nAs faith lies
\nVacant
\nTo what
\nCould have
\nBin
\nSow, sow much<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"