Soliloquy #3

SOLILOQUY #3

ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT
BROUGHT ON BY MEDICINE
AND THOUGHTS OF KATRINA

I WILL RESTORE ORDER
THE GREAT MAN SAID
TO THE HUNGRY AND THIRSTY
I WILL RESTORE ORDER

NO THOUGHT OF USING
THE MIGHTY MACHINES OF WAR
TO DELIVER FOOD
LIKE THEY BUILD A BRIDGE IN IRAQ
INSTANTLY

IS THIS THE WAY WE HANDLE OUR POOR
RESTORE ORDER
AND THE CRY OF THE POOR
BECOMES LIKE THE RUMBLE OF DISTANT THUNDER

SO POOR BLACK MEN LOOTED
AND POOR WHITE MEN STOLE BREAD
AND NOTED PUNDITS SAID
WE ARE SEVEN MEALS AWAY FROM ANARCHY
BUT I WILL RESTORE ORDER
AND WHEN WE GET AROUND TO IT
FOOD

WHEN JESUS
WANTED TO SHOW JOHN WHO HE WAS
HE SAID
TELL HIM THE POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL
PREACHED TO THEM

FIRST WE MAKE THEM POOR
THEN COMPLAIN ABOUT THEIR POVERTY

WE HAVE NO DARK AGES
BUT MANY DARK PAGES
LIKE SEPARATE DRINKING FOUNTAINS
BATHROOMS
SCHOOLS
CHURCHES
PLACES ON A BUS
LITTLE CHILDREN
LOVE ONE ANOTHER
REMOVE THE CAUSE OF THE PAIN

GRADUALLY
THE SITUATION BETTERS
BUT THE POOR
ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
THOSE WHO PRACTICE
WHAT THEY PREACH


FRANK A VOLLMER