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audiofool
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Mothballed

Post by audiofool » Thu Sep 10, 2015 9:27 am

Give up the gavel
for the shiv and a shovel
maybe a mansion
is just hell and a hovel

give up the gray suit
for a sturdy workboot
by sweat and by toil
genius hat made of tin foil

we're all sad scholars
mad from squalid dollars
skimming off the top
the red button is stop

give up the ghost
to the host in black shroud
too many toys no joy
following the crowd

calling your number
calling your bluff
after the fact you factor
how much is enough?

greater is lesser
and greater still
love going for broke
last testament God's will

children and heirs
climbing Jacob's stairs
the parting of flesh
where all minds mesh

give up the premise
a see-through charade
one people, a promise
rust corrupts as fortunes fade.

(Matt. 6:19-21; Jas. 5:1-6)

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Re: Mothballed

Post by heinzs » Fri Sep 11, 2015 8:32 am

I like the way you constructed this one. :thumbsup:
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Re: Mothballed

Post by audiofool » Fri Sep 25, 2015 9:15 am

Thank you, heinzs.

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