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Kris Kristofferson
Light up another cigarette, crack open one more beer Let’s drink to those who lived and ended up with a career Who suffered the indignity of having their gold panned Who didn’t end up dying quite as young as they … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Songs, Statements
Tagged friendship, irony, Kris Kristofferson, martyrs, songwriting
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What Happens If
What happens if, as a martyr in training, you learn self-abandonment, lose fear of death, imagine your sacrifice each waking moment, practice your from-the-flames speech in the mirror, give not a thought to your present or future, trust that your … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged daily poems, discipline, martyrs, possibilities, potential, rebellion, revolution
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Hypocritical Mass
Yes, I have been a hypocrite: talked a good game, but never played; and facing challenge, I have quit the field and left teammates dismayed. I’ve shouted sermons down the street on practices I’d never tried and often, told new … Continue reading
A Meditation on St. Sebastian
What is the secret hidden behind the veiled innuendo that hangs its tapestries of heavy corded cloth on these rotting temple walls? I pierce your flesh with countless arrows, yet you fail to die; beheaded, in a pool of cloying … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged deities, illusions, martyrs, pointlessness, Saint Sebastian, saints
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Martyr Without a Cause
Waken, would-be martyrs seeking causes to in an instant devote life and limb, and cling half-drowned along the upturned raft of culture that leaking, seeks the bottom of the quay. The words that might be spoken now are silenced; upon … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged activism, causes, damnation, foolishness, martyrs, pointlessness, selfishness, service
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Ecumenics
A conversation I had earlier brought this thought to my mind. I am, as one who seeks to find the commonalities in things, constantly drawn to comparative religion. My view of the varying religions of humanity, their supposed differences and … Continue reading
Posted in Conversations
Tagged connection, damnation, ecumenics, exclusion, martyrs, religion, spirituality, wholeness
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