of whom Jesus preached.
I am the vortex of the tornado
whirling across the drought-stricken prairie
I am that John Brown
On the mural in the state Capitol
In Topeka
that I saw with my 5th grade class
As I walk across the fresh mown lawn
of the Baby Murderer’s Church
In my hands a gun and a bible
Old John Brown come to smite the wicked
come to send the spawn of Satan
to Hell and to his Master.
I am sword of the Lord
coming to chasten Pharaoh
in his Wichita temple.
More fool he
to think he is safe.
I come to deliver future innocents
from murder to belonging.
It is not with peace, forgiveness or love
that our wicked world will be cleansed
of its evil.
Forgiveness is a human strength.
As an avenging Angel
I no longer need feel human.
All my life,
I knew that I was damned.
I spent years enduring
my damnation
I every day I walked this earth
my heart became armored
with righteousness.
Now I am redeemed.
I am reborn again.
Innocent as a babe.
One with the Lord,
clean and eternally forgiven.
Heart armored with righteousness copyright June 6, 2009 by Jamie Jacks Note, I would have loved to use John Steuart Curry's Tragic Prelude (1938-1940), a mural in the Kansas Statehouse illustrating John Brown and the clash of forces in Bleeding Kansas but did not due to copyright restrictions.
3 comments:
Did you let them in again when they came to your door ? LOL !
No, I don't let them in, I greet them at the door and when they state their purpose I tell them that "this house is under the protection of the Lion of St Mark."
When I say that they get a puzzled look on their faces, smile politely ande go away.
Capitano Tedeschi
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that's very cool, I tell em I'm Buddhist and they always start asking me questions. It's pretty funny.
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