Author Archives: jackpelham

Man with the Cat. See credit. One could tell that the man was intriguedAt having the truth in the room from time to time,But he never warmed up to the idea ofHaving it move in, and would oftenPut it out … Continue reading →

If your plan requires That people have to change In order to get it done—

Surely there is nothing wrongWith either my church or yours.

By the most peculiar coincidence,I know of a great many churchesThat adamantly remind the worldThat no one can earn his own salvation,And zero churches that teach that he can.

Now let us watch the man and seeWhether he takes a notion To make himself any betterBy use of whatever he learns along the way—Or what excuse he gives if he does not.

Something tips the balanceFrom a matter-of-fact acknowledgment Of what the others are doing wrongTo a bitter rage about it. And though I cannot say what all may cause it,It seems to happen most commonly When one’s own shortcomings and sins … Continue reading →

It is the dream of a lifetime for so very manyThat they could have a life detached fromThe reality of cause-and-effect—Such that they could be as carelessOr as stubborn or as rash as they like,And never have those chickens come … Continue reading →

His party is right, he tells us,And the other one is wrong—And they really ought to know better, the idiots. And for the life of him, he can’t fathom how anybodyCould be that gosh-darn stupid and blockheaded. And he thanks … Continue reading →

What does it say about usThat so many are afraid to ask? Is it not that we are somehowAfraid of the answers? And really, who would wantTo live that way—Scared of reality?

Life in the constant smogCan make people forgetWhat a clear day looks like.