by LJ Frank
Meditating on romanticized 18th century thought
filtered through 21st century opinion,
knowing power is inspired by its own reflections in mirrors of its own making
the impoverished is a courted felony as the debtor’s prison flourishes
while the well-heeled biblical lobbyist cite an eternity paved with gold;
and nostalgia speaks of my own mind being my own church
and those with the resources deflect & reason the cause & effect of their money
to compete & dominate is a game of bloodied distortions
to pause and to sift through the compost of 18th century enlightened thought
the Age of Reason missing in action on the muddied field of indifference
covered with daisies
equality was never core to any philosophical truth
for the theology of existence engages the wanting of hope,
pleading that it not be a perilous hoax,
but knowing too well that the sacred & profane are siblings –
incarnate, blest and ritualized…
and the nurturing heart continues its search for a depth within…
a smile is true when naked.
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