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BREAKING BREAD
(a sonnet)
What’s wrong with Kansas? Less than we first thought!
The Lord does move in ways perhaps unseen.
Too often cops and crowds seem battles fought,
In Wichita, they chose a different scene.
Instead of helmets, clubs, and riot gear,
The cops manned grills cooking dogs and burgers.
The protesters then put aside their fear.
Both ate and danced, that's how progress occurs.
Too long we stood as if it’s us and them,
Spent too much time making foes of friends.
Too long our little diff’rences condemn,
Spent too much talk defining hostile ends.
I hope this shows when all is done and said;
It’s easy to join ranks when we break bread.
What’s wrong with Kansas? Less than we first thought!
The Lord does move in ways perhaps unseen.
Too often cops and crowds seem battles fought,
In Wichita, they chose a different scene.
Instead of helmets, clubs, and riot gear,
The cops manned grills cooking dogs and burgers.
The protesters then put aside their fear.
Both ate and danced, that's how progress occurs.
Too long we stood as if it’s us and them,
Spent too much time making foes of friends.
Too long our little diff’rences condemn,
Spent too much talk defining hostile ends.
I hope this shows when all is done and said;
It’s easy to join ranks when we break bread.
Published 21st Jul 2016
| Edited 12th Mar 2017
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22nd Jul 2016 2:51am
22nd Jul 2016 1:33pm
too many times, we simply overlook the obvious... I forget which movie but one of the characters said something to the effect - it's hard to shoot someone you just had lunch with...
geoff
geoff
26th Jul 2016 3:01am
27th Jul 2016 3:15pm
Thank you...there is a long tradition of breaking bread to show unity and friendship - what is a more profoundly primal form of care for one another than feeding each other...
appreciate the read...
geoff
appreciate the read...
geoff
23rd May 2018 11:27am
Good morning, Tommy! I've been going through your catalog as I said I would. I'll have to break for snack and meds then some rest in bed, before I carry on through more of these pages. But I'm reading works of yours I haven't seen a while, but this one I still remember clearly. Only one wee little thing: this line, and then my suggestion to get it back on the rails with the poem's meter:
"Spent too much time making foes of friends."
And now this:
"Spent too much time making foes out of friends."
What do you think?
(now I'm hankerin' for a juicy all-beef Ballpark frank on a fluffy Ballpark hot dog bun (jes' like a cloud... ), with a touch o' yellow mustard - very simple, not overpowering the majesty of the dog.
Oooo, now I want us to do a collab about summertime bar-be-ques lol! Call it: "The majesty of the dog". :D
(btw, you're prolly sleepin' in your room off the lanai in Waikiki (well it sure ain't Wichita!) while here I am leaving you something to tickle your fancy 'n I don't know what all...) <3
"Spent too much time making foes of friends."
And now this:
"Spent too much time making foes out of friends."
What do you think?
(now I'm hankerin' for a juicy all-beef Ballpark frank on a fluffy Ballpark hot dog bun (jes' like a cloud... ), with a touch o' yellow mustard - very simple, not overpowering the majesty of the dog.
Oooo, now I want us to do a collab about summertime bar-be-ques lol! Call it: "The majesty of the dog". :D
(btw, you're prolly sleepin' in your room off the lanai in Waikiki (well it sure ain't Wichita!) while here I am leaving you something to tickle your fancy 'n I don't know what all...) <3
