Submissions by Jezebel-Sinner (Mr.K)

American flags fly
mice pray
seeking jobs
wearing little aprons
collecting a cheese ball
for a poverty family
erect tails
in a mouse jail
a factory
making cheese food
they say it is
good
smiling they avoid
the poison bait
and the mouse traps
wait
reading the Bible
in the walls
living like this
sure takes balls
little creatures
with Heavenly features
mice grunt and strain
stirring the pigeon soup
and pouring it
down the drain
working like oxen
sweat on the brow...

Lord, take me back to the country
where the water is crystal clear
dogs bark with pink sunsets
American flags & good cheer
people work hard for a living
people believe in charity & giving
tractors and calloused hands
honesty and trust throughout the land

Lord, take me back to the country
taste grandma's apple pies
a place of old, a place of youth
basking in the Son of eternal skies
American flags and good cheer
people giving all they can give
volunteer work and smiling chins
farming and canning
town...

smoking pot
falling down
living life
as a circus clown
hated my guts
nobody could help me
but I reached for His hand
and I got the Promised land
and I am on my way
even got a doctorate degree
in theology
teaching Bible class
and living life
full blast
not all fun and games
not receive fortune or fame
but I keep moving forward
and don't vomit and pass out
living each day
without a doubt
to just hang in there
and try to
live one day at
a time
amen

PS: sober over 30...

Met my Higher Power in AA
over 30 years ago
became a drug counselor
helped the people
and in social work
but began working
with animals
my passion & future
my Higher Power
is a Spiritual Being
and then I met
Jesus
amen