On Bitterness (19 Questions)<\/p>\n
How do you spell “indignation” in a beautiful way?
\nHow do you fight hypocrisy that zaps like a bug lamp?
\nIs it possible to be broken in the best possible way?
\nIs it reasonable to judge a man on his very best day?<\/p>\n
How did the olives and the oil meet their parting?
\nHow did the orchid make love without lifting a petal?
\nIs there love to be found in a cold fountain soda?
\nIs there love beyond bubbles, beyond carbon made quotas?<\/p>\n
How come priests rot like libraries, unused though effective?
\nHow come martyrs walk for miles for a hit of reassurance?
\nIs one stronger when led by design that’s collective?
\nIs one forthright word folly so hot it’s convective?<\/p>\n
How bout them truck drivers, Wal-Mart’s anemic vessels?
\nHow bout coal miners daughters burst inside from torn allegiance?
\nIs their heartache, broad and narrow, meant to hang from railroad tressels?
\nIs their precious soul’s consignment mashed by crude oration’s pestle?<\/p>\n
How have we come to this luckless, soulless ending?
\nHow have the children lost care for pretending?
\nWhen the scholars prevail and amend all that’s ‘clinging’,
\nwhat will church sound like when the time comes for singing?<\/p>\n
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