the poor are made to pay for the benefits from the government
through scorn and mockery and condescension and the blame blame game
this is the platform of the Republican Party
which is supposedly Christian but seeks to practice something else
balancing the nation's debt
on the bones of the poor
I am not Republican anymore
I know that these are not the benefits from the Lord
sometimes hypocricy is the only thing God has left to work with on earth
these are cruel practices
I cannot condone them
I am poor myself I know how hard I worked
I know I didnt shirk I showed love in my work
I did not take money for doing nothing
when asked to do something I did more
to show love, to show I do not believe in money
I believe in love
I know some people told lies about me
about many others as well
I know I spoke from my conscience
I know I risked everything
not to perjure myself
I know there are cruel practices
but not in the Lord
I know the Lord knows the cruel practices
and is not fooled
and can provide even through those who are cruel
because they still somehow must be seen as kind
those blind forever leading the blind
leveraging their leverages
taking every perk in the book for themselves
making a laughingstock of the poor
a scapegoat, a figure of righteous fun
and I am not Republican anymore
nor Democrat
because you cry life when you really mean death
nor saint
but I know cruel practices when I see them
and God, I feel them
where people are cut from jobs
and they did nothing wrong
where people are cut from jobs
where people are never hired
and they did nothing wrong
and they did nothing wrong
and no one cries aloud
when they fall like doves, like doves in the cold
from the silvery branches
but God hears them plummet.
and is the saving arm.
oh God, be with the merciful
oh Christ, be with the merciful
oh Lord, be with the merciful
Forever.
in Heaven it will not be this way
in Heaven it will not be this way
in Heaven it will not be this way
Forever.
mary angela douglas 3 june 2023
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