OUTRAGE

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OUTRAGE

 

 

I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD CALL IT AN IMPROVEMENT

WHEN THE AUTHORITIES DO NOT

CALL THE LATEST VICTIM OF VIOLENCE

WHO SUSTAINED FIVE BULLET WOUNDS

A SUICIDE

 

WHERE IS THE MORAL OUTRAGE

AMONG GOOD MOSLEMS

FOR THE OUTRAGES

COMMITTED IN THEIR RELIGION’S NAME

 

WE HAVE NO REASON TO BE SMUG

WHERE WAS THE OUTRAGE

WHEN WE SLAUGHTERED JEWS

ENSLAVED BLACKS

FORCED CONVERSION

ON LATIN AMERICA

 

WE ALL HAVE DIRTY HANDS

 

WE JUSTIFY IT

BE CLAIMING WE ARE DOING GOD’S WORK

 

BUT GOD SAYS

IF YOU ARE SLAYING PEOPLE IN MY NAME

YOU’VE GOT IT WRONG

 

I DID NOT DIE

THAT DEATH MIGHT TRIUMPH

 

  I have come that YOU may have life, and have it to the full.

 

WE ARE PLAYING

KING OF THE MOUNTAIN

 

WHEN THE WINNER PREVAILS

HE WILL BE ALL ALONE

ALL ALONE

WITH NO ONE WITH WHICH TO PLAY

OR SHARE HIS VICTORY

 

HIS VICTORY WILL BE LIKE SAND

TRICKLING THROUGH HIS FINGERS

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DANCING ON THE SHOES OF MY DAD

DANCING ON THE SHOES OF MY DAD

HE WAS MY FIRST LOVE

HE WAS MY CONSTANT LOVE

IN ALL OF LIFE’S VAGARIES

HE WAS MY DAD

I MISS HIM

WHEN THE MOOD HIT HIM

HE’D PLAY A RECORD

THEN WITH AN ELEGANT BOW

HE’D ASK ME FOR A DANCE

I’D CLIMB HIS SHOES

AWAY WE’D WHIRL

SAFE AND SECURE IN MY FATHER’S ARMS

THE MEMORY OF THOSE DANCES

SUSTAINED ME

WHEN THE WORLD WAS COLD

AND UNINVITING

I TREASURED THEM

SO MUCH SO THAT I FANTASIZE

THAT IN HEAVEN

ANGELS ARE LINED UP

TO DANCE WITH MY DAD

RESTITUTION

RESTORE

MY FRIEND CONFIDED IN ME

THAT HE HAD DONE A BAD THING

HE ASKED ME HOW I FELT ABOUT IT

WOULD I STILL BE HIS FRIEND

WHO AM I TO THROW THE FIRST STONE

OR THE LAST

I’M A SINNER LIKE YOU

 THERE’S THE RUB

WE’VE BEEN FORGIVEN

BUT WHAT’S OUR OBLIGATION

TO CORRECT THE HARM WE HAVE DONE

WE DON’T HEAR THAT FROM THE PULPIT

OR A LEAST I HAVEN’T

THE LIE THAT NEEDS TRUTH

THE THING TAKEN

THAT NEEDS RETURNING

THE PERSON HURT

THAT NEEDS TO BE ASKED

 FOR FORGIVENESS

TO FORGIVE SOMEONE

THAT NEEDS FORGIVENESS

THE BOUNDARY MARKER MOVED

THE GOD WHO NEEDS PRIMACY OF PLACE

ABOVE ALL THE BAUBLES OF OUR LIFE

LACK OF RESTITUTION

SMACKS TO ME LIKE CHEAP GRACE

I’M FORGIVEN

CONDUCT DOESN’T MATTER

THE GOSSIP

CAN CONTINUE TO LIE

WITH IMPUNITY

SHE’S FORGIVEN

THE THIEF

HIS SPOIL

THE ADULTERER

HIS PLEASURE

NO NEED TO AMEND

OR OBLIGATION TO AMEND

WHERE WE HAVE MISSED THE MARK

WE FORGET

OR THINK WE’RE EXCUSED

FROM PS 51:1-3

 GENEROUS IN LOVE—GOD, GIVE GRACE!
    HUGE IN MERCY—WIPE OUT MY BAD RECORD.
SCRUB AWAY MY GUILT,
    SOAK OUT MY SINS IN YOUR LAUNDRY.
I KNOW HOW BAD I’VE BEEN;
    MY SINS ARE STARING ME DOWN

TO WHICH WE MIGHT ADD

CALLING FOR RESTITUTION

OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

THREE ARE AGAINST GOD

THEY PROCLAIM HE IS NOT IMPORTANT

IN MY LIFE

SEVEN ARE AGAINST THE COMMUNITY

THEY DESTROY ITS PEACE

TRUE REPENTANCE

CALLS FOR RESTORATION OF THAT PEACE

MOVING THE BOUNDARY MARKER

BACK TO ITS PLACE

FRANK A VOLLMER

CHILDREN ON A BUS

CHILDREN ON A BUS

 

 

I DO NOT CLAIM

TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO IMMIGRATION

BUT SOMEHOW

I DO NOT FIND JESUS

PROTEST VIOLENTLY

THE ARRIVAL OF CHILDREN

 

IN OUR COUNTRY

CHILDREN ARE LEAVING

THE OLD TOWNS

THERE’S NO JOBS

NO FUTURE THERE

 

THESE CHILDREN HAVE THE SAME DREAMS

 

CHEAP LABOR

KEPT LOW

FOR AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS

PROMISE NO BRIGHT FUTURE

 

BUT AS TO IMMIGRATION

I DO NOT THINK THE BIBLE IS JUST HAPPY TALK

BUT A WAY OF LIFE

 

WE CALL OURSELVES

A CHRISTIAN NATION

WHERE IS THE COMPASSION

IN SOLVING THE PROBLEM

 

ARE WE WILLING

TO HAVE A HALF A LOAF

SO OTHERS MAY HAVE SOME

 

CHRIST WAS AN IMMIGRANT IN EGYPT

CHRIST IS AN IMMIGRANT NOW

HOW DO WE GREET HIM

 

 

FRANK A VOLLMER



NOAH

NOAH

 

 

MAN HAS BEEN ON EARTH CIRCA 200,000 YEARS

WHICH TRANSLATES TO CIRCA 198,000 BC

WHEN MAN WAS IN THE GARDEN

 

NOAH LIVED CIRCA 1500 YEARS AFTER ADAM

WHICH TRANSLATES TO CIRCA 196,500 BC

 

MODERN BIBLE SCHOLARS ARGUE

 WHETHER THE STORY IS FACT

OR FICTION

 

SO MANY DATES ARE GIVEN FOR WHEN IT OCCURRED

OF WHICH MINE IS ONE

 

THE FLOOD EPIC

IS COMMON FOLKLORE IN MID EAST CULTURE

SO A FLOOD MUST HAVE HAPPENED LOCALLY

IT BECAME IN MEN’S MINDS

THE FLOOD

 

LIKE THE WORD TSUNAMI

BRINGS TO MEMORY

THE RECENT FAREAST DISASTER

 

THE BIBLE IS NOT HISTORY

NEITHER BIOLOGICAL

NOR GEOLOGICAL

 

IT’S LITERATURE

A BOOK OF MORALS

A BOOK OF TARGETS

WE SO OFTEN MISS

 

FINDING THE ARK ON A MOUNTAIN TOP

DOES NOT MAKE FOR A BETTER WORLD

BUT RESCUING THOSE

FOR WHOM THE WORLD DOES NOT CARE

WILL

IF WE HAVE THE WILL

 

THE STORY GOES

THAT GOD WAS DISGUSTED WITH HIS PEOPLE

HE WANTED TO DESTROY THEM

BUT FOR ONE GOOD MAN

HE WOULD HAVE

 

I WILL GIVE MY CREATION

A CHANCE TO START AGAIN

IT WAS A PLAN

IT DIDN’T WORK

 

THE NEW MAN BECAME LIKE THE OLD MAN

IT NEEDED A GOOD BOOK

IT NEEDED CHRIST

 

SO WHETHER IT IS THE ARK

OR THE GOOD SHIP LOLLIPOP

OUR CONDUCT IS MORE IMPORTANT



LOTUS CROSS

THE LOTUS CROSS

WHEN THE APOSTLES

WERE ASSIGNING MISSION FIELDS

THEY GAVE THOMAS

INDIA

THERE WERE JEWISH COMMUNITIES THERE

COURTESY OF THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY

HE WAS SUCCESSFUL

THEY WERE KNOWN AS ST THOMAS CHRISTIANS

IT EXISTS STILL TODAY

IT HAS GONE THROUGH CHANGES

FROM APOSTOLIC

NESTORIAN

CATHOLIC

ORTHODOX

SPLIT OVER IOTAS

BUT ALL ALONG

PREACHING GOD’S WORD

DOING GOD’S WORK

HIS NAME BE PRAISED

IN THE EAST THE LOTUS FLOWER IS IMPORTANT

TO ITS MAJOR RELIGIONS

IT STANDS AS A SYMBOL

THAT MAN CAN TRIUMPH

IT STARTS IN MUD

IN MUDDY WATER

GROWS

TILL IT STANDS ABOVE THE WATER

THEN BLOOMS

DISPLAYING A BUDDHIST SAYING

RISE

ABOVE THE MURK

TO ACHIEVE ENLIGHTENMENT.

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SO STRONG IS THE ATTACHMENT IN THE EAST

THEY USED IT IN THEIR CHRISTIAN LOGO

THE LOTUS CROSS

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
Lacking the effigy of Jesus, the St. Thomas Cross presages the discovery of the empty tomb, glorifying the Resurrection of Jesus

  The four edges of the cross are floral in shape, symbolizing fruition and life.

  The lotus flower beneath the cross is a symbol of Buddhism and India. A cultural adaptation of local imagery, the lotus is the national flower of India and the cross fixed on the lotus would symbolize Christianity in India in the first century. The lotus is also a Puranic holy flower, an offering to God in the Hindu tradition; anything offered on the leaves of lotus is considered to be auspicious.

  The three steps below the Cross represent Golgotha, symbolically referring to the death of Jesus

  Finally, the dove above the cross represents the Holy Spirit, the third aspect of the Holy Trinity according to the Christian tradition. It is this spirit that raised Jesus from the dead and bestows gifts upon the Church's faithful.

THE CHURCH WAS SUSTAINED BY THE SILK ROAD

A TRADE ROUTE KNOWN TO THE ANCIENTS

RUNNING FROM CHINA TO ROME

IT HELPED SPREAD CHRISTIANITY

ALONG ITS ROUTE

CHRISTIANITY OF ALL FLAVORS

WHY DO THEY TREAT THESE PEOPLE AS ENEMIES

WHEN THEY WERE DOING GOD’S WORK

THOMAS THE DOUBTER

REASONABLY

COULD ASK

WHY

.

WHO SPEAKS FOR CAIN

 

WHO SPEAKS FOR CAIN

 

 

THE TROUBLE BEGINS

WITH YAHWEH NOT TELLING ADAM’S FAMILY

HE WANTED BLOOD SACRIFICES ONLY

IF HE DID IT’S NOT IN THE TEXT

 

A TEXT WRITTEN MANY MILLENNIUMS

SINCE THE FIRST MAN

IT’S NOT A TRUE REPORT

BUT A RECOLLECTION OF FOLK TALES

 

REFLECTING THE TIMES

WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN

 

A TIME WHEN CRUDE NOMADS

WERE TAKING OVER THE CULTURED CANAANITES

 

WITHOUT SOME MEANING

THE STORY DOESN’T HOLD TOGETHER

AN ENGLISH TEACHER

WOULD TURN IT BACK

AS INCOMPLETE

 

SCHOLARS HAVE TRIED TO GIVE IT MEANING

THAT IT WAS FRICTION

BETWEEN HERDERS AND FARMERS

BUT IT’S CONJECTURE

IT’S NOT IN THE BOOK

 

BIBLICAL FAIRY TALES

HAVE BEEN CREATED

LIKE SATAN SPAWNED CAIN THROUGH EVE

THAT CAIN AND ABEL WERE BORN AS TWINS

THAT EACH MARRIED THE OTHER’S TWIN

 

BUT IT’S CONJECTURE

IT’S NOT IN THE BOOK

 

WHICH ISN’T TO SAY

THAT CONJECTURE

AND FAIRY TALES

HAVEN’T BECOME GOSPEL

AND PREACHED AS SUCH

 

BUT WE ARE LEFT WITH A GOD

WHO APPEARS CAPRICIOUS

FICKLE

PERSNICKETY

 

BUT IN THE MIDST OF THIS CONFUSION

THERE IS A JEWEL

WHEN GOD ASKS CAIN

WHERE’S ABEL

 

HE COMPLAINS

AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER

 

THE ANSWER

THOUGH NEVER SPOKEN

THUNDERS EVEN TODAY

 

YES

 

ALL OUR RELIGIOUS THINKING

STEM FROM THAT THOUGHT

 

THE QUESTION LINGERS

WHEN WE SEE THE INEQUALITY OF WEALTH

WHEN UNJUST WARS ARE FOUGHT

WHEN FAMINE EATS THE HUNGRY

WHILE OVERWEIGHT PEOPLE GO TO THE GYM

 

THE QUESTION THUNDERS

AM I MY BROTHERS KEEPER

THE ANSWER THUNDERS

EVEN IF WE WON’T LISTEN

 

YES

 

 

FRANK A VOLLMER