i sit here funky
in a not so easy easy-chair
tired, back aching
thigh pulsing, bowels not moving
waiting to awake enough
to read or stand or walk about
while thoughts and problems
pester my mind

i'm tired more than an ox circling an immobile stake
grinding corn of which it cannot partake
am i sick of conscientiousness
conscious enough to do something like
form a club, write a letter
go ballistic, be depressed
something on a Monday afternoon
listless in the summer heat
listening to myself complain
about this and that

where is God when you need him
as if needs the only use for him

perhaps i'll feel better
once my constipation's gone
and i am up and about
spirited again

When people are saying

"Peace and security", 

then sudden disaster comes upon them

like pain upon a woman in labor,

and they will not escape.

-1 Thessalonians 5:3

i pray against empire

against it's pledge of universal freedom

a copy-cat mickey-mouse way of living

where ev'ry mall repeats another

and we kill ourselves striving to look alike

"God, spare the world this imitative curse"

i pray against empire

against its pledge of universal freedom

informers with patriotic scent

stir toilets to analyze ingredients therein

where ev'ry enemy of mine will be theirs

and i'll be suspect when i finger their friends

i pray against empire

against its pledge of universal freedom

protective pulp circles the fearful seed

and like religious kitsch fills its emotional needs

moments of humor are primed by sitcoms

the last laugh for all being History's ghost

i pray against empire

against its pledge of universal freedom

the poor are snuffed, intellectuals spurned

the arts are targeted as corrupters of youth

the military machine drives the minds of most

distinguishing not between friend or foe

i pay against empire

against its pledge of universal freedom

peace and security no one can give

when your mind's not free and your spirit's chained

for fear smothers freedom, love frees one up

the kingdom of the human always tragically ends

i pray against empire

against its pledge of universal freedom