In us
he lives, moves,
has being,
goes ahead
to prepare our way
and a place
to park.
O God, who blesses
nations for theists’ sakes,
remove our blights;
the gays,
poor who won’t work,
minorities,
the two party system.
Each dollar I spend
bears witness
that my trust
is in you,
so give me prosperity,
that my trust
may flourish.
O Lord,
I thank you
that I was born
white,
affluent,
intelligent,
Christian,
male,
American,
American,
like you.
Truly you are
made in my image.
Bless me,
our Father,
for in so doing
you bless yourself.
May America
bless god.
Love this. Agree entirely.
ReplyDeleteI think this is brilliant. One of your most brilliant, actually. Its easy to understand what you are trying to communicate and gets at a very prevalent problem. I think maybe you should add male to the list in " O Lord/ I thank you...made in my image." But really. I can't say how wonderful this is.
ReplyDeleteOops, my original draft on paper had male... hold on, no, the original I wrote in my head had male in the list. Good catch, way to read my mind.
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