INTROSPECTION
MY SAINTED GRANDMOM
A STAUNCH PROTESTANT
USED TO FEED HER CATHOLIC GRANDCHILDREN
MEAT ON FRIDAY
FELT SHE WAS DOING A GOOD THING
THAT GOD WAS PLEASED
MULTIPLY THAT MICROCOSM BY
ALL THE SENTIENT PEOPLE LIVING
AND WE WONDER
WHY ARE WE SHOCKED AT MASSACRE
WHEN THOSE INSTITUTIONS
WHICH WE HAVE TO TEACH AND PROTECT US
FAIL
NOT ONCE BUT A PATTERN
HOW CAN WE BE SHOCKED
A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR
NEWLY RELEASED
HAPPENED UPON A FUNERAL PROCESSION
WITH WAILING
HE WAS SHOCKED
SIX MILLION WENT UP IN SMOKE
WITH NO WAILING
THOSE WHO PERPETUATED THE ACTION
FELT THEY DID A GOOD THING
I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER
OR CURE
EXCEPT TO SAY
IT STARTS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL
TO LISTEN TO THE VOICE
GOD PUT IN HIM AT CONCEPTION
OR ELSE OUR SPIRITUAL LIFE
IS NO MORE SUBSTANTIAL
THAN SMOKE UP A CHIMNEY
FRANK A VOLLMER
FRANK A VOLLMER
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