Thursday, January 08, 2015

Je Suis Charlie

There’s always something

The world isn’t always what it seems to be…
a happy place for hummingbirds and finches
who stop off at my bird feeder when they 
feel like taking a break from the rosemary
blooming all around my backyard… it’s not
safe all the time… only when Orange Cat
is sleeping on the other side of the house
and the rat snake is slithering after lizards
and the marauding hawks are away patrolling
the peaceful banks of our meandering river


When will we ever learn that the greatest danger
to human life festers and grows in the hearts
of monsters who wrap themselves in righteousness.
It’s scary enough to find traps that cripple and kill
in marketplaces where guns and poisons are sold,
but the ultimate insult to human dignity and freedom
waits hidden in scripture and books of discipline
of churches and mosques and synagogues
whispering explicit warning that a petty god is unhappy
with whatever it is the evil sycophant despises.





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