Here's a new poem by a friend of mine, Jeff Hardin:
GOSPEL
Someone’s always trying to destroy someone else.
Actively. Without remorse. With a vest of bombs.
With rumor, innuendo. With mischaracterization.
A network, a think tank, an issued report. More often
than not succeeding. Civilians flee. Borders close.
A lawsuit moves forward. A colleague resigns.
Self-interest competes against self-interest. An
invisible hand, a shaping force, a deity. Words are
arranged for maximum effect. In speeches. Prayers.
Interrogations. This new freedom. This new gospel.
and a quote from Thomas Merton:
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