Give up the gavel
for the shiv and a shovel
maybe a mansion
is just hell and a hovel
give up the gray suit
for a sturdy workboot
by sweat and by toil
genius hat made of tin foil
we're all sad scholars
mad from squalid dollars
skimming off the top
the red button is stop
give up the ghost
to the host in black shroud
too many toys no joy
following the crowd
calling your number
calling your bluff
after the fact you factor
how much is enough?
greater is lesser
and greater still
love going for broke
last testament God's will
children and heirs
climbing Jacob's stairs
the parting of flesh
where all minds mesh
give up the premise
a see-through charade
one people, a promise
rust corrupts as fortunes fade.
(Matt. 6:19-21; Jas. 5:1-6)
Mothballed
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- heinzs
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Re: Mothballed
I like the way you constructed this one.
An' it harm none, do what ye will. Blessed Be.
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Thank you, heinzs.
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