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America could not standTo fight the losing battleIn time of war.

When you’re dealing with thingsThat most would rather ignore,Don’t be surprised if it’s hardTo find good conversationAbout it. For all you know, you may beThe first among your friendsTo take it seriously.

Having already declared to himselfHis glorious intentions for the week,He dismisses the wasted dayAs a mere trifle,And with the wave of a hand—Not counting it as a lost seventh partOf a heavenly treasure,But rather twistedly, As if its murder were … Continue reading →

As I scan the scriptures, I see that God has chosen to measure by eternityAnd sometimes by ages—And by millenniaAnd generationsAnd lifetimes.

I fight the battle against the flesh—To keep it in check—To not “let myself go”—To swim against the tide of a sloppy societyAnd live by good principle and wisdomRather than merely by fleshly desireAnd convenienceAnd unvetted assumption.

One could blame God, of course,That there are on this EarthSo many desirable things That we are warnedNot to desire.

Perhaps the gosh-awful dumbest thing thatWe’ll remember about our time hereOn this beautiful-ugly planetIs how often we splitOurselves intoTwo huge factionsTaking sides in a debateIn which both sides were wrong.

The best argmentsAre the ones in whichThe truth wins.

And they cast an idol to worshipThence forwardFrom an arbitrary interpretationOf their own choosing,Giving not a thought to whetherThey ought first considerThe other possibilities.

It is difficult to think of a human habitThat is more counterproductive than isThat of operating under a bad assumption.