War the states' tool of domination and control eats the nation's very soul
soldiers sacrificed on the field so many fight for salaries to pay bills
lured in by bonuses, hollywood produced promotions of heroism and education
to travel the world and kill in the name of their nation --
civilians support with bumper stickers and tax dollars
media keeps us ignorant we hear no amputee holler,
see no children crushed under the wheels of war
grinding on the grease of our constantly fueled belief
in enemies --
there must be Evil for us to be Good
the mythos revisited as a uniformed officer shoots a "thug" in the hood--
some child called the dead man daddy but
to the judge, jury and executioner he's another statistical justification of budget
increase war to make peace is the mantra of the beast --
the masses exhausted from flesh feasts
from fast food, to fast sex we party and bullshit
full-twitter stream ahead to the train wreck --
after we've conquered the world what's next?
the lies are so ingrained you have to be insane not to believe it . . .
the air black with oil, the water is too,
the blood from our thirst for war covers me and you,
politicians are too cynical to say what they know is true,
honesty lives only among the few,
drink these toxins meant to kill slow,
we pay taxes to fuel a vehicle that is driven by forces we don't know,
some hope to be intoxicated at the final blow
either caught up in deity worship or bottled spirits
there's a reckoning coming and we subconsciously fear it --
now when there's a chance to act why sit back?
now when our voice can be heard it's prudent to share transcendent words ---
now when the war wages on with so many explaining why it's so needed,
it's time for those who know better to step up on the stair of truth and share the medicine that's needed ---
humanity is not advanced when killing is our chosen tool to create change,
when we can look in anothers' eyes and not feel their pain,
when we can steer ships of death by remote control
damning millions to death by burning we have truly lost our souls,
if there's a judgment we must all be damned
for being silently complicit to such a fiendish plan,
for cowering in fear even as it is obviously clear
the enemies created do not threaten peace
it's the profit potential that spurs on the endless war crimes of the beast
war is a business and as we continue to consume
we canabalize our nation, our world and sentence humanity to doom
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Friday, December 25, 2009
Pope Down!
Patriarchy has fallen--the old systems are broken--what is left is dust and ashes, useless tokens
Sunday, December 06, 2009
Liar, Liar pants on Fire
an umbrella in a hurricane makes you no drier
I Lie. This week while making a bank deposit for my business partner the teller asked, "Is this your account." I barely hesitated and answered, "Yes". She then proceeded to ask for my address. While fumbling to call my partner and get the correct address, the teller said, "You don't need an address." So I guess her lie matched mine and we both were even.
Earlier that day, a bookstore called me to explain their decision about my childrens books. "We're not buying any books right now," said the woman in her most pleasant telephone voice. "When will the buying freeze be lifted?", I countered. Slight pause on her end, the sound of soft inhalation and then, "Well we're not really having a buying freeze." Oh, I'm sure she heard the shock and the why lie tone, "then why did you say you're not buying books at this time?"
"Well we don't normally buy from small publishers."
I know this excuse was pure BS, I frequent the store and know they have a wide array of books from all types of publishers. After a few more questions I got to the truth, they didn't like the books. Okay I'm not heart broken there are plenty of folks who do, but look how easily we abandon the truth. This fast and loose with the story is not limited to the personal, intimate or business arena, our compulsion to lie infects our public discourse at every level.
On Tuesday December 2, 2009, President Obama, he of eloquence and stately demeanor, lied to an audience of dozing soldiers in training and to a global audience poised for the soft sell of something as jagged and deadly as war. He invoked the ghosts of World Trade Centers past to incite we the people for another round of innocence lost at the cost of dead women and children abroad in some land that God must have forsaken in order to select us as saviors. Even though the majority of the alleged 9-11 conspirators were Saudi, we chose to attack first Iraq then Afghanistan. (Where oh, where is Osama and what's the real truth of 9-11?)
President Obama said we would not engage in nation building yet omitted the fact that we have been engaged in nation destroying since the Cold War, so someone's gonna have to do some rebuilding. Watch for the "civ-mil" deadly marriage of civil servants embedded with military forces spoken of by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It's important to remember, today's Taliban and Al Qaeda were our well funded allies and trainees in fighting the Russians in the 1980's.A case of civ-mil collaboration orchestrated by black ops and the CIA. Does anyone believe the Afghan people will be more open to civilian assistance with a machine gun-toting soldier in tow?
The President employed financial sleight of hand that would make Goldman Sachs envious, by under reporting the costs of the war and separating it from the on-going conflict in Iraq. Additional forces sent to Afghanistan will require $1 billion per year for every 1,000 troops sent, or $1 million per soldier. Then you have to add the costs of the forces already in place, the costs of the numerous contractors supporting the military forces with everything from food service to logistics and communications. Private military contractors aka mercenaries are raking in over $100 billion per year. I wonder how this money, these companies needs, influenced President Obama's decision?
Did we declare victory in Iraq? What a strange victory indeed as our soldiers stay safe within the confines of mega bases except when on patrol or late night supply caravans. Our tax dollars are used to payoff both sides of the Iraqi civil war to keep it on pause. The lies abound. The idea that bombing one of the poorest nations in the world keeps us, one of the worlds richest countries, safe is farcical on face value and ridiculous when examined. Creating more enemies through occupation and drone attacks which make killing into a remote control video game, is not the way to win friends and influence people. The president's national security advisor said there are less than 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan so to justify having over 100,000 young Americans in this feudal nation, President Obama cleverly aligned Al Qaeda with the Taliban and the spectre of islamic-extremists in Pakistan. make the monster big enough and we'll rally around the bomb this Christmas.
It's easy to lie to a room full of liars. Who's gonna call you on it and threaten their own house of cards? Tiger Woods surely will remain quiet as will all of those mortgage brokers who helped folks to lie to get loans for homes they couldn't afford, and the bankers and traders who continue to lie as they rake in obscene profits before the lights come on and of course the same generals who wrote the original lie to justify war without end in the Middle East won't say anything, for what is more important to a career warrior than to be at war and win. Even win winning is a well crafted lie to cover for losses too painful to admit and too great to recover from. (Still won't accept our military failure in Vietnam.) Lies are not just active untruths there's also lies of commission, like what's the real reason for the "Afraqistan" mission? Could it be oil and pipelines? Could it be poppies and heroin to fund the shadow economy (estimated at $970 billion)? Could it be the continued protection of the Israelies? So much goes unsaid yet what is said is meant to stoke the flames of fear and protectionism so that our way of life, which is rapidly becoming a way of debt, justifies whatever it takes to continue in perpetuity.
President Obama's timeline for withdrawal from Afghanistan is definitely a lie in the making. Predicting withdrawal from a war that's just heating up is like withdrawing from sex that's just heating up, damn near impossible and prone to accidents with long lasting effects. The timeline will adjust according to what happens on the ground. The Afghanis have centuries of history of not taking the intrusion of foreign governments, imperialists, lightly. Afghanis are not welcoming more troops in Afghanistan. They might welcome educational opportunities, with their illiteracy rate at 80%, but so would American high school students with the dropout rate at 50% nationally.
The bottom line is there is no need to lie to justify war without end. These well crafted tales of fear and terrorists who go bump in the night will backfire, particularly with so many needs being unmet at home. Continuing to justify the expansion of empire will require bigger lies which will result in a populace who no longer believes it's leaders. The President would be better off telling the truth, no matter how horrible it is, and no matter what toll this will supposedly have on his political career and legacy. We the people need a harsh dose of reality and if the President were to bring it, he would be rewarded after the initial shock. And even if he weren't rewarded, we would all be better off with a string of deadly lies brought to an end.
I Lie. This week while making a bank deposit for my business partner the teller asked, "Is this your account." I barely hesitated and answered, "Yes". She then proceeded to ask for my address. While fumbling to call my partner and get the correct address, the teller said, "You don't need an address." So I guess her lie matched mine and we both were even.
Earlier that day, a bookstore called me to explain their decision about my childrens books. "We're not buying any books right now," said the woman in her most pleasant telephone voice. "When will the buying freeze be lifted?", I countered. Slight pause on her end, the sound of soft inhalation and then, "Well we're not really having a buying freeze." Oh, I'm sure she heard the shock and the why lie tone, "then why did you say you're not buying books at this time?"
"Well we don't normally buy from small publishers."
I know this excuse was pure BS, I frequent the store and know they have a wide array of books from all types of publishers. After a few more questions I got to the truth, they didn't like the books. Okay I'm not heart broken there are plenty of folks who do, but look how easily we abandon the truth. This fast and loose with the story is not limited to the personal, intimate or business arena, our compulsion to lie infects our public discourse at every level.
On Tuesday December 2, 2009, President Obama, he of eloquence and stately demeanor, lied to an audience of dozing soldiers in training and to a global audience poised for the soft sell of something as jagged and deadly as war. He invoked the ghosts of World Trade Centers past to incite we the people for another round of innocence lost at the cost of dead women and children abroad in some land that God must have forsaken in order to select us as saviors. Even though the majority of the alleged 9-11 conspirators were Saudi, we chose to attack first Iraq then Afghanistan. (Where oh, where is Osama and what's the real truth of 9-11?)
President Obama said we would not engage in nation building yet omitted the fact that we have been engaged in nation destroying since the Cold War, so someone's gonna have to do some rebuilding. Watch for the "civ-mil" deadly marriage of civil servants embedded with military forces spoken of by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It's important to remember, today's Taliban and Al Qaeda were our well funded allies and trainees in fighting the Russians in the 1980's.A case of civ-mil collaboration orchestrated by black ops and the CIA. Does anyone believe the Afghan people will be more open to civilian assistance with a machine gun-toting soldier in tow?
The President employed financial sleight of hand that would make Goldman Sachs envious, by under reporting the costs of the war and separating it from the on-going conflict in Iraq. Additional forces sent to Afghanistan will require $1 billion per year for every 1,000 troops sent, or $1 million per soldier. Then you have to add the costs of the forces already in place, the costs of the numerous contractors supporting the military forces with everything from food service to logistics and communications. Private military contractors aka mercenaries are raking in over $100 billion per year. I wonder how this money, these companies needs, influenced President Obama's decision?
Did we declare victory in Iraq? What a strange victory indeed as our soldiers stay safe within the confines of mega bases except when on patrol or late night supply caravans. Our tax dollars are used to payoff both sides of the Iraqi civil war to keep it on pause. The lies abound. The idea that bombing one of the poorest nations in the world keeps us, one of the worlds richest countries, safe is farcical on face value and ridiculous when examined. Creating more enemies through occupation and drone attacks which make killing into a remote control video game, is not the way to win friends and influence people. The president's national security advisor said there are less than 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan so to justify having over 100,000 young Americans in this feudal nation, President Obama cleverly aligned Al Qaeda with the Taliban and the spectre of islamic-extremists in Pakistan. make the monster big enough and we'll rally around the bomb this Christmas.
It's easy to lie to a room full of liars. Who's gonna call you on it and threaten their own house of cards? Tiger Woods surely will remain quiet as will all of those mortgage brokers who helped folks to lie to get loans for homes they couldn't afford, and the bankers and traders who continue to lie as they rake in obscene profits before the lights come on and of course the same generals who wrote the original lie to justify war without end in the Middle East won't say anything, for what is more important to a career warrior than to be at war and win. Even win winning is a well crafted lie to cover for losses too painful to admit and too great to recover from. (Still won't accept our military failure in Vietnam.) Lies are not just active untruths there's also lies of commission, like what's the real reason for the "Afraqistan" mission? Could it be oil and pipelines? Could it be poppies and heroin to fund the shadow economy (estimated at $970 billion)? Could it be the continued protection of the Israelies? So much goes unsaid yet what is said is meant to stoke the flames of fear and protectionism so that our way of life, which is rapidly becoming a way of debt, justifies whatever it takes to continue in perpetuity.
President Obama's timeline for withdrawal from Afghanistan is definitely a lie in the making. Predicting withdrawal from a war that's just heating up is like withdrawing from sex that's just heating up, damn near impossible and prone to accidents with long lasting effects. The timeline will adjust according to what happens on the ground. The Afghanis have centuries of history of not taking the intrusion of foreign governments, imperialists, lightly. Afghanis are not welcoming more troops in Afghanistan. They might welcome educational opportunities, with their illiteracy rate at 80%, but so would American high school students with the dropout rate at 50% nationally.
The bottom line is there is no need to lie to justify war without end. These well crafted tales of fear and terrorists who go bump in the night will backfire, particularly with so many needs being unmet at home. Continuing to justify the expansion of empire will require bigger lies which will result in a populace who no longer believes it's leaders. The President would be better off telling the truth, no matter how horrible it is, and no matter what toll this will supposedly have on his political career and legacy. We the people need a harsh dose of reality and if the President were to bring it, he would be rewarded after the initial shock. And even if he weren't rewarded, we would all be better off with a string of deadly lies brought to an end.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Feast for Flies
Look like the first shall be last
-- The bugs came before us and they may be eating our bar-b-qued carcasses if we don't wake up and stop wasting this opportunity called life -- it's becoming clearer that most of our time saving devices are time wasting devices so as I sit with my notebook burning my lap twittering, facebooking, youtubing and working to monetize, trees are being felled, oils being drilled, pumped, refined and burned, folks are being enslaved for raw materials to make our convenience more convenient. Will we stand up and make a change? I'm not sure . . .the focus is so much on fame and wealth, even the green movement is focused on the green dollar and creating more stuff
-- humanity needs to pause and reflect on what life is really about, we've lost sight of purpose and any sense of place -- globalism is not about owning the planet and exploiting its resources and impoverished peoples for temporary game -- globalism is recognizing that we all share this planet and have an awesome responsibility and opportunity to nurture and sustain the environment and create harmonious relationships with our fellow beings which will result in prosperity, art and beauty for us all
-- this is the challenge of the nano-age; how will we use our technology and connectivity to embrace each other and evolve as a species while increasing the harmony between humanity and the natural world?
-- The bugs came before us and they may be eating our bar-b-qued carcasses if we don't wake up and stop wasting this opportunity called life -- it's becoming clearer that most of our time saving devices are time wasting devices so as I sit with my notebook burning my lap twittering, facebooking, youtubing and working to monetize, trees are being felled, oils being drilled, pumped, refined and burned, folks are being enslaved for raw materials to make our convenience more convenient. Will we stand up and make a change? I'm not sure . . .the focus is so much on fame and wealth, even the green movement is focused on the green dollar and creating more stuff
-- humanity needs to pause and reflect on what life is really about, we've lost sight of purpose and any sense of place -- globalism is not about owning the planet and exploiting its resources and impoverished peoples for temporary game -- globalism is recognizing that we all share this planet and have an awesome responsibility and opportunity to nurture and sustain the environment and create harmonious relationships with our fellow beings which will result in prosperity, art and beauty for us all
-- this is the challenge of the nano-age; how will we use our technology and connectivity to embrace each other and evolve as a species while increasing the harmony between humanity and the natural world?
Thursday, October 01, 2009
It's here, It's Here, Book of the YEAR!!!!
"My Mom Eats Tofu", Solar Publishing's newest release is a wonderful journey through the Vegan household of a pre-teen girl who's not sure her friend will appreciate her Mom's cooking. This is a great book for children K-4 and will be a delight in any home. "My Mom Eats Tofu", is filled with beautiful illustrations by Vidya Vasudevan that bring life to Robyn Ringgold's wonderful story of nature's bounty and the rich variety of plant based foods enjoyed by diverse cultures around the globe.
Visit Solar Publishing's website and join us in celebrating life in harmony with our Earth mother.
Visit Solar Publishing's website and join us in celebrating life in harmony with our Earth mother.
Monday, September 21, 2009
Missed a Chance for Change
Obama chooses to ignore the reality of race so a black woman has to take a boot to the face
there's no separation on this globe that is spinning history repeats so the end closely resembles the beginning. what would this nation become if the Commander in Chief addressed an issue to which so many have become numb and the rest run from or stand idly by as though they're dumb? An opportunity missed cause the issues at hand are more important than the issue of what truly makes a wo/man -- maybe the uprising of openly racist attitudes will stir us from our comfort seats, liberate us from unreal, reality flat screens -- change will have to come from the bottom cause the top is filled with cream
remember before offensive words were shortened to one letter which says it all?
well the cracker barrel (appropriately named) beat-down of a female soldier in reserve resurrected the "N" word and maybe Joe Wilson wanted to preface "you lie" with that choice modifier, but he had a measure of decorum as his mouth spewed santorum
Jimmy Carter, the ex-president with a conscience, said he grew up in the South and knows what racist hate looks like. Wonder if it looks the same in suit and tie in the day as it does with a burning cross in the night? Jimmy called it straight and true and Obama through his spokesman denied that protestors asking for their america back are swayed by his hue - "post racial" they proclaimed on inaugural day, minutes after cops gave brothers, professional and amateur, post-racial beatings -wonder where they'll ram that post racial post next?
troy, the cracker barrel beast, tries to kick in a young mothers teeth - let's call it a hate crime, like fighting against healthcare while calling for more youth to sacrifice life and limbs in war and by the way, what are we fighting for? the irony was lost on many that this woman was a soldier, guess she missed the "kill a man with your bare hands" class - as the rest of us continue to inhale trees, missing the forest completely
there's no separation on this globe that is spinning history repeats so the end closely resembles the beginning. what would this nation become if the Commander in Chief addressed an issue to which so many have become numb and the rest run from or stand idly by as though they're dumb? An opportunity missed cause the issues at hand are more important than the issue of what truly makes a wo/man -- maybe the uprising of openly racist attitudes will stir us from our comfort seats, liberate us from unreal, reality flat screens -- change will have to come from the bottom cause the top is filled with cream
remember before offensive words were shortened to one letter which says it all?
well the cracker barrel (appropriately named) beat-down of a female soldier in reserve resurrected the "N" word and maybe Joe Wilson wanted to preface "you lie" with that choice modifier, but he had a measure of decorum as his mouth spewed santorum
Jimmy Carter, the ex-president with a conscience, said he grew up in the South and knows what racist hate looks like. Wonder if it looks the same in suit and tie in the day as it does with a burning cross in the night? Jimmy called it straight and true and Obama through his spokesman denied that protestors asking for their america back are swayed by his hue - "post racial" they proclaimed on inaugural day, minutes after cops gave brothers, professional and amateur, post-racial beatings -wonder where they'll ram that post racial post next?
troy, the cracker barrel beast, tries to kick in a young mothers teeth - let's call it a hate crime, like fighting against healthcare while calling for more youth to sacrifice life and limbs in war and by the way, what are we fighting for? the irony was lost on many that this woman was a soldier, guess she missed the "kill a man with your bare hands" class - as the rest of us continue to inhale trees, missing the forest completely
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Awaken We
Awaken me to the truth within - open my heart so love can flow - break me open so the scattered pieces of my doubt find no place to rest - pour out a new song from these lips fashioned from the dusty earth - water me with fiery energies from serpents with wings and tongues of love - I am your instrument use me as you will
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism,
since it is the merger of state and corporate power."
- Benito Mussolini
The death star circles as Christ is invoked on altars of excess. How easily manipulated the minds of the masses, waiting for Christ to return, to rescue those who have shown no care for what the Lord has created; the natural resources of our earth mother, her waters her air, her precious fluids, oils and minerals. All stripped, ripped, raped and polluted and we continue to smile on our way to prosperity. What kind of prosperity is it that we seek; when the pews are full and the hearts are empty, when theatrics replace true teaching, when enlightenment is no longer a reality but a tax shelter is? We are lost in this material world and now even our religious ship has sprung a leak of greed. We’re taking on water quickly. Soon we must abandon this hollow shell that has no life and recognize we are one in the spirit, one in love, beyond the boundaries of books penned by ancients to aid their people to see the world for what it truly is.
We who live in a society of cultural inclusion, where everyone is seen mixing daily, if not on main street then at least on Sesame street, we no longer have a need for these doctrines which separate us from them and celebrate our greatest failures as noble attempts to be like Christ. What is Christ-like about murder and death for the sake of power? Christ never taught fear, but our evangelical hosts promote fear as domestic buffet which we are served on CNN to justify our march towards democracy. – What exactly is this democracy we hear so much about? Is it simply one man, one vote, once every so often? Is it true inclusion? Can there be democracy without capitalism or can capitalism truly survive when there is democracy?
Our economic drive overpowers our political will, in this practical world he who has the gold still rules, gets access to the legislatures, lobbies for policy and collects the fat checks at the end of the day. War is big business it’s just the little people who are sold the hype of ideology; “we fight for democracy”, “we fight for freedom”. Are the thousands of homeless on our city streets free? Are the millions of under-employed , unemployed, stretching 3 part time jobs to make one full time check people free? Where does freedom begin when there are some who conspire to force women to have children they are not prepared to raise? Will those who freely pontificate an end to birth control and abortion, freely adopt? It seems not, as those who freely call for no child to be left behind, freely erase all children from the budget where it really counts. Remember we used to say money talks and now politicians walk right down the road past we the people into the arms of the few, the proud, the unseen corporate global players waging war on all humanity. Party affiliations don’t matter, this is a game beyond such petty concerns. Diverse factions join together to horde the planets wealth. Diverse factions must also link to project a world of peace and harmony in diversity.
Waiting for the rapture? What kind of henpecked God would rescue ungrateful humanity which continues to litter in their own home, dropping their waste in the living space and refusing to pick it up? What kind of God saves a people who spew poisonous fumes into the air, creating rain that falls as acid, polluting lakes and streams, mutating fish and fowl with chemical run off; a humanity so intoxicated with its own self that they take knives to their flesh in efforts to perfect that which the Perfect one made; a people so lost that the deaths of others mean nothing as long as I’m ok. We’re even willing to finance killing in the name of protecting our lifestyle. We send our children to do the dirty work cause they’re too young to know any better and they definitely won’t ask any questions, cause we have all been educated to believe in our masters.
Just as we believe that God sits high and looks low and loves those who have confessed their sins and asked Jesus into their hearts, we believe this seals us for eternity. So we be lie’in at every turn of the clock cause our way is the way, the truth and the light and we will send our way all over the world with guns and bombs and hamburgers and freedom fries, cause this is the way God intended; One homogenous strip mall, fast food, Wal-Mart reality where we can all embrace the glories of material comforts and spiritual impotence. If God wanted it this way why is there so much diversity in nature? Why did creation start with water, which soon nurtured a garden that can still be seen for a few fleeting moments in rainforests around the globe?
Full circle globe trotting
the apple is rotting
Adam told Eve to get plastic surgery
she believes that implants will make her more marketable
she lays in the hospitable reading a Bible
Revelation comes
the rapture will save the day
so we throw more plastics away
choking on fossil fumes as we pray
it’s the American way
freedom or we’ll blow you away
but the homeless ain’t free
the babies ain’t free
those who believe money makes them free
keep taking money and freedom away from me
there’s not enough to share
God’s got His chosen
the rest can die of malnutrition with fancy names
as we sail the rising ocean
but someone forgot to calculate
the fact that the planet is awake
she will no longer take your fascist freedom
sold by commentators who verbally masturbate
she is vibrating
awakening angels
prepared to serve as change agents
seed planters
quiet builders
of a new dawn
go on and write another speech
inspiring the unthinking to new levels of compliance
we have no need to march in defiance
we simply simplify
harmonize
check the skies for signs
prepare for the coming of the latter rain
the appetite of the beast will only be sated
when all our devoured
and even its spokespersons are humiliated
these are the final death throws of the death cult
life won’t be smothered
under your masks of concern
you burn, to execute more than the people can stomach
so you pick us off one by one at home and drop bombs abroad
soon this will no longer suffice
you sacrifice sons and daughters
who sign up for the slaughter
cause it’s so expensive to get a degree
the pedigree
to enter the lower rungs of complicity
we’ve all bought into it
our chips are in, too deep to back out now
so we cheer for the home team
our shouts for victory drown out the cries for mercy
heard around the world and right next door
the medicine will only work
when we stop drinking the poison
who is willing to make the first step and choose life NOW
God is not coming on a cloud in the sky
to save the redeemed
God never left
we just closed our eyes and believed the lie
it’s time we wake up
open up
embrace the truth of our responsibility
exceed even what Christ has done
transform the world with the simplest of tools
sincerity, compassion, humility
love
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism,
since it is the merger of state and corporate power."
- Benito Mussolini
The death star circles as Christ is invoked on altars of excess. How easily manipulated the minds of the masses, waiting for Christ to return, to rescue those who have shown no care for what the Lord has created; the natural resources of our earth mother, her waters her air, her precious fluids, oils and minerals. All stripped, ripped, raped and polluted and we continue to smile on our way to prosperity. What kind of prosperity is it that we seek; when the pews are full and the hearts are empty, when theatrics replace true teaching, when enlightenment is no longer a reality but a tax shelter is? We are lost in this material world and now even our religious ship has sprung a leak of greed. We’re taking on water quickly. Soon we must abandon this hollow shell that has no life and recognize we are one in the spirit, one in love, beyond the boundaries of books penned by ancients to aid their people to see the world for what it truly is.
We who live in a society of cultural inclusion, where everyone is seen mixing daily, if not on main street then at least on Sesame street, we no longer have a need for these doctrines which separate us from them and celebrate our greatest failures as noble attempts to be like Christ. What is Christ-like about murder and death for the sake of power? Christ never taught fear, but our evangelical hosts promote fear as domestic buffet which we are served on CNN to justify our march towards democracy. – What exactly is this democracy we hear so much about? Is it simply one man, one vote, once every so often? Is it true inclusion? Can there be democracy without capitalism or can capitalism truly survive when there is democracy?
Our economic drive overpowers our political will, in this practical world he who has the gold still rules, gets access to the legislatures, lobbies for policy and collects the fat checks at the end of the day. War is big business it’s just the little people who are sold the hype of ideology; “we fight for democracy”, “we fight for freedom”. Are the thousands of homeless on our city streets free? Are the millions of under-employed , unemployed, stretching 3 part time jobs to make one full time check people free? Where does freedom begin when there are some who conspire to force women to have children they are not prepared to raise? Will those who freely pontificate an end to birth control and abortion, freely adopt? It seems not, as those who freely call for no child to be left behind, freely erase all children from the budget where it really counts. Remember we used to say money talks and now politicians walk right down the road past we the people into the arms of the few, the proud, the unseen corporate global players waging war on all humanity. Party affiliations don’t matter, this is a game beyond such petty concerns. Diverse factions join together to horde the planets wealth. Diverse factions must also link to project a world of peace and harmony in diversity.
Waiting for the rapture? What kind of henpecked God would rescue ungrateful humanity which continues to litter in their own home, dropping their waste in the living space and refusing to pick it up? What kind of God saves a people who spew poisonous fumes into the air, creating rain that falls as acid, polluting lakes and streams, mutating fish and fowl with chemical run off; a humanity so intoxicated with its own self that they take knives to their flesh in efforts to perfect that which the Perfect one made; a people so lost that the deaths of others mean nothing as long as I’m ok. We’re even willing to finance killing in the name of protecting our lifestyle. We send our children to do the dirty work cause they’re too young to know any better and they definitely won’t ask any questions, cause we have all been educated to believe in our masters.
Just as we believe that God sits high and looks low and loves those who have confessed their sins and asked Jesus into their hearts, we believe this seals us for eternity. So we be lie’in at every turn of the clock cause our way is the way, the truth and the light and we will send our way all over the world with guns and bombs and hamburgers and freedom fries, cause this is the way God intended; One homogenous strip mall, fast food, Wal-Mart reality where we can all embrace the glories of material comforts and spiritual impotence. If God wanted it this way why is there so much diversity in nature? Why did creation start with water, which soon nurtured a garden that can still be seen for a few fleeting moments in rainforests around the globe?
Full circle globe trotting
the apple is rotting
Adam told Eve to get plastic surgery
she believes that implants will make her more marketable
she lays in the hospitable reading a Bible
Revelation comes
the rapture will save the day
so we throw more plastics away
choking on fossil fumes as we pray
it’s the American way
freedom or we’ll blow you away
but the homeless ain’t free
the babies ain’t free
those who believe money makes them free
keep taking money and freedom away from me
there’s not enough to share
God’s got His chosen
the rest can die of malnutrition with fancy names
as we sail the rising ocean
but someone forgot to calculate
the fact that the planet is awake
she will no longer take your fascist freedom
sold by commentators who verbally masturbate
she is vibrating
awakening angels
prepared to serve as change agents
seed planters
quiet builders
of a new dawn
go on and write another speech
inspiring the unthinking to new levels of compliance
we have no need to march in defiance
we simply simplify
harmonize
check the skies for signs
prepare for the coming of the latter rain
the appetite of the beast will only be sated
when all our devoured
and even its spokespersons are humiliated
these are the final death throws of the death cult
life won’t be smothered
under your masks of concern
you burn, to execute more than the people can stomach
so you pick us off one by one at home and drop bombs abroad
soon this will no longer suffice
you sacrifice sons and daughters
who sign up for the slaughter
cause it’s so expensive to get a degree
the pedigree
to enter the lower rungs of complicity
we’ve all bought into it
our chips are in, too deep to back out now
so we cheer for the home team
our shouts for victory drown out the cries for mercy
heard around the world and right next door
the medicine will only work
when we stop drinking the poison
who is willing to make the first step and choose life NOW
God is not coming on a cloud in the sky
to save the redeemed
God never left
we just closed our eyes and believed the lie
it’s time we wake up
open up
embrace the truth of our responsibility
exceed even what Christ has done
transform the world with the simplest of tools
sincerity, compassion, humility
love
Tangled is the Web
jingle jangle we all entangleddancing with the devil wrapped in star spangled
of course anti-christ claims the cloth and collar
when truly even the temple worships the almighty dollar
made Marvin wanna holla, now we silent
allowing the massacre of millions thru physical and mental violence
ain't enough crime on the streets so it overflows our tv's
ain't enough fear in the home so the remote snatches our security
hope you're hearing me
cause the Final Call's been ringing for a while
yet we still romanticizing ancient history while cruising the polluted Nile/now
so in the moment we've lost track of facts
heavenly minded to no earthly good, to what purpose is that?
back pack rappers gone designer, classic tunes turned jingles
the rich and not so famous orchestrate the tune from the brain room
hip hop's think tank sprung a leak
so now the brainless get brains through tongue and teeth
can't stand the heat?
cry hate and try to blame the alcohol for that date rape
fools fed on empty additives and chemical highs
leave our souls longing for the living water that will never run dry
we stopped dancing cause computer love's got us stuck on how many keystrokes b4 we get to fuck the art of conversation got lost in the bass
so well versed in the rat race, time and tenderness have lost their taste
in their place, flavors of love and all it's mutations
NSA LGBQTC BBW M4W W4M and the alphabet nation
whoever is still real step to me with no hesitation
we can do some things to bring the healing to our situation
it takes courage to plant the seed and patience for gestation
when the dream is born it changes your whole situation
I'm praying for you, that you will be true, let it do what it do,
seek the savior in you, find the light in you, polish the jewel that's you
sound is eternal,
each whisper lives forever
traveling in space time continuum
what value these words, these sounds
vocal chords vibrate as DNA mutates
my mind creates mantras my life manifests
choose each word with awareness
there are dreams to live in, fantasies to set free
what we think - is what we say - is what we be
zfree
each whisper lives forever
traveling in space time continuum
what value these words, these sounds
vocal chords vibrate as DNA mutates
my mind creates mantras my life manifests
choose each word with awareness
there are dreams to live in, fantasies to set free
what we think - is what we say - is what we be
zfree
maple leaves
where in wonder did the cricket leap?
Rubbing her legs at nite, sweetly weeps
in longing embrace, sheets as arms
her own hands his
the breeze through maple leaves shivering
zfree
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