inks on fire:  random sketches 10

the ways of gratitude  
 
:"But He said unto them, I have meat to eat  
That ye know not of."—John 4:32, KJV  
 
'tis not the place for gormandisers  
where a desertland  
feeds dust to hopeless compromisers  
hungry on demand  
 
'tis not the season of waste banquets  
while earth victims cry  
whose threadbare backsides have no blankets  
'neath the open sky  
 
'tis not the ways of gratitude to  
shoot the wicked gaze  
at those whose begging attitude true  
penury portrays  
 
'tis mercy uniformed with justice  
feeds Christ's hungry sheep  
be vigilant facing the test; His  
bounty you shall reap.  
 
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by Clyve A. Bowen♫