Lent 2 C

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this very hour

 

scram and skedaddle
they are out to get you

 

not realizing they
hadn’t thought it through

 

all they had was force
applied over time — exhausting

 

implacable hardness
just can’t keep up

 

new life casts off
once helpful scabs

 

yes hardness was once
a lesser evil

 

but consolidation of lesser harms
escalates back into great loss

 

to reduce the lesser further
requires greater care of the young

 

so prophets talk crazy talk
careening through time

 

bring everyone together
affirm our common need

 

protecting class status quo
guarantees further woe

 

cast that demon out
through each healing

 

until a blessing way
is our blessed way

 

http://kcmlection.blogspot.com/2013/02/this-very-hour.html

 

 

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moving on

I believe!
sounds so convincing
I believe.
seems so reasonable
I believe?
is much closer

living as if . . . were true?
acknowledges lived experience
living as if . . . were true.
keeps us persistent
living as if . . . were true!
brings moments of transformation

like two roads in a wood
choosing is the stuff of life
focusing on what can be seen
appreciating straight lines
witnessing to what is not yet
picking carefully a next step

I believe!
true?
I believe.
seemingly.
I believe?
yes!

http://kcmlection.blogspot.com/2010/02/moving-on.html