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bart screamed out
and everyone told him not to shout
the one they called crazy blind man
screamed out and go to see again
we will not open the eyes of the blind
until we scream out about the oppression we find
the sign
everyone demands a sign from god
but perhaps the sign we need comes from us
sit down
love
hug
eat
go to the movies
laugh
cry
live
with those people you hate the most
be the sign both you and the world need
so before you ask for a sign tonight remember you are the one who is called to be light
the plane
tube flying
jeff sleeping
ground passing
light heating
engines pushing
stewardess checking
radio playing
phone buzzing
man sneezing
windows closing
aisle guiding
the pain of this moment is not the pain of tomorrow
i am in a microcommunity that seems always to be on the cusp of mutiny
there are demons round here
there are demons round here
i don’t think they are a construct of yesteryear
i met one last night
all he talked about was his church’s institutional might
the ones in mark slobbered and spit
the demons i know just talk a bunch of bullshit
money is always the word of the hour
they have no idea that in the poor is the power
jesus put the demons into pigs and they ran off a cliff
now they talk about the need to stay away from any rift
the demons had courage because they know it will expose
the institutional ruses they have going of which nobody seems to know
the houses for the demons have names like first
while the people who are desperate continue to thirst
the mandate was to love the least
but now when controversy rears its head
the demons pretend as if the the least are better off dead
apeasement is the flavor the demons like
but jesus called us to be light
the ones who dwell in darkness the most
are the ones who seem to think they are God’s host
and get to decide who is in and who is out
and consistently want to talk about their clout
the demons go by names both conservative and liberal
but once the showdown hits and the least need allies
all of the talk of justice becomes dribble
the demons seem to weekly be cast out into the seats
and then the people go out to defend supposed feats
if you want to go to the institutional church
i only ask that you be careful for there are demons round here
the cleaning of the temple
the temple got a good cleaning
the church needs a good cleaning
jesus tossed out the money changers
the church needs to toss out the money changers
the religious leaders devised a plan to kill jesus
the church continues to devise a plan to kill jesus
jesus left
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