warm Sunday
City Hall lawn
young people
bright yellow
biker shorts
we too
sit there
moving slowly
watching smiling
at the
busy gnats
we drank
sour beer
sharing one
warm can
that took
three hours
to buy
our sisters
a yard
away talking
and pouting
smacking lips
laying out
their tired
patchwork skirts
they twirl
bottle cap
rosaries between
their stained
fingers etched
with cuts
and cracks
the brothers
coming out
of trance
acknowledge that
nothing here
will change
too many
men on
the job
too many
brains and
greedy wallets
planning our
fate and
we all
look up
at the
trumpeting birds
and we
rise in
arthritic waves
even though
were under
thirty one
and in
a hallelujah
arm stretch
above our
messy heads
our sisters
break out
in harmony
as their
washed out
bone bleached
bracelets jangle
snapping fingers
send a
thanks to
the heavens
the brothers
do a
little dance
and onlookers
stop to
stare with
smirking eyes
and jaded
quips against
the humble
family on
the lawn
who can
only address
God outside
of hypocritical
sanctimonious walls
words less spoken 
another amazing piece, keep them coming!
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Thank you xo
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The hallelujah arm stretch. I like that. Along with lots of other phrases too numerous to mention….okay one more………..too many men on the job and greedy wallets planning our fate.
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I go sit to catch sun at our city hall every so often and this is a literal scene 🤘👍
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Some people spend so much time thinking about what others are thinking. I am constantly reminded, the bible reminding, that we are to remove the log in our own eye to help remove the speck in another’s. The moment we judge another (different religion, atheist, or otherwise), we’ve already lost our focus. Like the bible shared, when you hate anyone, it’s like you’ve never known our Father. All too many “Christians” spend their days why “those” people are wrong: it makes them feel right. But I don’t believe Jesus ever preached that. He shared, told his apostles to share, but if they didn’t listen, to go on to the next town or group of people. Yes, he corrected, but when they came at Him. He also shared with the listeners what to look for, but from clarity.
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Thank you for sharing friend 🙂
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