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Whitewash 5-24-14 By my untempered mortar of that which is known As my whitewash, O son of man These have set for themselves up such idols And put them before those whom are inclined to stumble By Noah, Daniel and Job And words to yet whisper and mumble Where one is one and two is as five Hoping to prove to myself to be alive By my untempered mortar yet plastered I owe it all today to such a master As its foundation is to be uncovered By the miracle found in such a disaster.... *May 24th is Bob Dylan's birthday..... Given 5-24-14 Given for a birthday gift my enigma In hopes to make it work In times of less stigma Gazing at photographs Taken by my old school camera When I was not afraid Hear this, O priests Incline an ear O house of the King According to promises yet to be made I face up to such times of nostalgic antiquity Making the best of my shelter and shade For the judgment is toward me my friend As the rent again is soon to be paid Given another birthday gift To serve as my enigma And I hope to make it work In times of less stigma As ye have been a snare of Mizpah Spreading a net upon Tabor In that it is given For me to know it.... Confrontation 5-24-14 I confront my dark past I make another Sabbath last Broken by the pen in its contrast Flying my own flag half mast It is a crisis of the mind By the banana peel and orange rind Which so many other dinosaur fossils I am yet to find In a prayer to be affected Because we are here Making an impact On these that walked the same way Yet to be well rounded In thoughts to say Yeah I confront this part of my life Because I indeed am what I am... Time For A Bath 5-24-14 It is up to us to make ourselves available And as well accountable To that which is said to be our part Yet to be unshod In that the ground you stand on is holy And indeed thou art As manna is my request for today More than what can be thrown in a shopping cart And today I must say I reek But Jesus loves me Even if I might have left my first love To seek within, beyond And yet above.... Repentance (The Gift) 5-24-14 Repentance is a gift We do so because we get to By another euphonious and cacophonous riff Such is an opportunity To express one's gratitude As wind rolls by in the lowlight Born with my stigmatism I find my way from wrong In my dull sight To remember the death, burial And resurrection And to love Him With all of my heart, will and might Repentance is a gift But not a requirement No longer afraid of standing upon my dizzy height O, no other fount do I know Nothing but the blood of Jesus Today do I yet write.... Shave 5-24-14 By the theme of God's providential care I get a clean change of socks and underwear By the topic of his majesty I shave again the locks of my hair By these events Of when Jews were captives of Persia And the significance even in such a vacant stare As the name Esther so means one's star Where I still love her from afar By this generosity at hand In serving drinks in gold vessels such wine Requiring not a sign Yet to do what is divine By the theme of God's providential care Our kingdom in Shushan the citadel is there....