All God's Hands!

how many Jesus' babies
have to die before
we wake up to the fact
that all life is sacred?

how many dead bodies
wearing God's face?
how many hands holding the gun,
how many hands on the shovel...

all God's hands!

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Snail Crossing.... (Part Seven)

ignorance demands,
that the person you meet...
looks like you,
smells like you,
talks like you,
agrees with you...
believes in your god,
believes in your political line,
wants what you want,
and admires you...

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The Beat, The Heart

lover, soldier,
companion, fit.
fire, branches,
ocean, shell.
breast, thigh,
feet, dreams.
the key, the hand,
the wind, and the echo.
fury, stillness,
wound, medicine.
the tongue, the soul,
the beat, the heart.

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Wild Sex!

title get you?
does your neighbor
have enough to eat?

does he/she have heat?
is he fixing to be evicted?
is he lonely? hurting?

have you asked?
have you spoken to him?
do you know his/her name?
do you care?

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Discrimination Is Wrong

whether it be
old and young
white and black
Asian and Hispanic
man and woman
or man and man
woman and woman
rich and poor
liberal and conservative
everyone has the right
to love and be loved
discrimination is wrong!

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Single Moms

the greatest heroes
in America today...
are the single moms,
out there, fighting and
scraping, working and
believing...
against all odds,
in spite of...
raising their kids,
loving their kids,
living for their kids!

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By The Fire... (Part Two)

when we stop treating women
as objects of sexual desire,
or as trinkets to be won...
and accept the worth of their humanity,
treating them with the respect of equals...
only then, will their true sexuality be defined!

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Note To Washington

A group of children
In a kindergarten class
Would probably do
A better job of
Coming to agreement

Then you've done
On the debt ceiling/budget issue.

And their arguments
Would probably be less laden
With self interest!

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Questions

what do you really believe in?
do your actions,
does your way of living,
prove it?

is the next step
you're gonna take
a step towards life,
or a step towards death?

questions that met me
at the door this morning!

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Addict (Holiness)

the arms that hold the addict shaking,
the hands that wipe his vomit stained face...
the ears that listen to his need,
the heart that stays beside him.
the mind that shows him a better way....
the spirit that believes!

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