Door Mat

dormant
doesnt mean
door mat!

old men need
a little loving
too!

fan the embers, baby...
this old fire's
not gone out!

and the long dark
night is coming.

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Communication (Creation)

communication demands honesty,
honesty demands nakedness,
nakedness demands knowing who you are!

the act of creation merely
god communicating with herself!

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Old Man, Empty House

old man, empty house...
it struck me when he
left the hospital
that he didnt want
to go home to
an empty house
full of ghosts and
memories...

to die alone!

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Bullets # 3

how can we profess to follow any sacred
tradition, and desecrate the earth?
it's like peeing in your bed!

even my dogs when they were puppies,
knew better!

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Home

you miss me when
i dont call...
i may be an old man.
but...

i am your home;
as you are mine.

that door inside
the heart to the
room where it's ok

to be you!

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Insatiable Greed

mouths open,
...like tiny birds...

swallow every morsel
...without thought;

only to roll out
..of the nest and fall

prey to their own
....insatiable greed!

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Barrel of Oil

falling stars
from a tattered flag...
young men killed,
their lives sold
to an unjust cause...

you've wondered
where hope went...
the price of a
barrel of oil!

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The Best Gospel

if you want
to be liberated,
get down in the ditch
and start digging
with your neighbor!

sometimes a shovel,
and a willing set of hands,
are the best gospel!

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Slaves Demand Freedom!

poverty and ignorance,
the two greatest weapons
of those that would enslave.
but when the poor
educate themselves,
and become aware,
the slaves demand freedom!

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Real Conversation!

only when two souls converge,
bringing to the table naked honesty,
and selfless abandon...
and a determined willingness
to listen...
can real conversation begin!

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