letter to an old friend
walden freeman
Posts: 511
god bless lavender and holiday parades in motion down main street
bless the car wrecks and bless the cut bare feet of excited tourists
the love shared is infinitely greater than the time it takes to share
bless me god and bless you too!
god bless false gods and false prophets alike
god bless zeus, zeus bless god, on and on
armwrestle over the ocean, your sweat is the only rain we need
and god bless the storms that come our way
and bless us for surviving them
and bless those who died
and god bless the usa and god bless america
and god damn terrorism
the cyan and the off-whites that pervade the clearing skies
god bless forests and god bless fire
god bless deserts by damning rivers
god give me the strength to be weak
give my feet the strength to run
from the issues at hand, the underhanded issues
the church scandals, poor business decisions
type-a building construction tax-free it's really quite beautiful
and thank you for your donation
and tithe no matter how poor make them rich
god needs american money, god bless american money
god bless god's wallet and endless forgiveness
and changing mind!
forget the children starving on the stoops of the inner cities
and buy a mercedes or two for your pastor
so he can go to the grocery store
and feed his children
god bless his children and god bless him
god bless the alter they were baptized at
god bless the lake you were baptized in
god bless the rapids of tears and the rafts of hope
god heal the sick! god heal the doctors!
god forgive me for forgiving secular medicine
god forgive me for advil abuse
god forgive me for aspiring and forgive the geriatric for taking aspirin when you're trying to bring them home!
god heal amputees
god heal the deformed
we'll call plastic surgery "god's gift"
in the same breath we'll condemn the shallow
look deeper, into yourself and your savings
and be truly saved, tithe!
god damn the flesh
god bless the gnats for destroying it
and damn them for loving it
god bless the damned
god hold sacred and devout maroon and indigo and teal and beige
and other in-between colors marooned on their blessed desert islands!
god bless lavender and eternal love
god bless cyan and god bless white
and god accept slavery!
it's okay, sell your daughters
stone your neighbors who work on sunday
however beautiful you can be for god
be that beautiful!
god bless us and god bless our country and god bless mango and strawberry sunsets for all eternity
god bless the mountains and the prairies and the oceans white with bodies
and the tops of mountains
and the bottoms of valleys
and the shadows and the deaths
and the demons that laugh in the faces of the faceless cold on the city sidewalks
or in the steam of the vents that we all but ignore
i hope war keeps going, i hope pain never ends
business would take a hit
god bless your business and god never mind your own
and god god god god settle down there'll be plenty of souls to be angry at
no, god, i'm not trying to give you orders
i'm simply trying to help
god bless me for trying and god bless the trials we go through
god bless heights and god bless depths and god bless what's in our midst
god bless the breadbasket
bless the organs playing at the funerals of organ donors
bless the bagpipes of our marches
bless april and bless may and may you be blessed, god
oh, god, huge muscles and white skin and conditioned hair
photogenic god if i ever saw one
god bless virgin mary in slices of bread and tree trunks!
bless those who believe
god bless our selfish pride and need for reassurance!
god bless lavender evenings and god go bless yourself
bless the car wrecks and bless the cut bare feet of excited tourists
the love shared is infinitely greater than the time it takes to share
bless me god and bless you too!
god bless false gods and false prophets alike
god bless zeus, zeus bless god, on and on
armwrestle over the ocean, your sweat is the only rain we need
and god bless the storms that come our way
and bless us for surviving them
and bless those who died
and god bless the usa and god bless america
and god damn terrorism
the cyan and the off-whites that pervade the clearing skies
god bless forests and god bless fire
god bless deserts by damning rivers
god give me the strength to be weak
give my feet the strength to run
from the issues at hand, the underhanded issues
the church scandals, poor business decisions
type-a building construction tax-free it's really quite beautiful
and thank you for your donation
and tithe no matter how poor make them rich
god needs american money, god bless american money
god bless god's wallet and endless forgiveness
and changing mind!
forget the children starving on the stoops of the inner cities
and buy a mercedes or two for your pastor
so he can go to the grocery store
and feed his children
god bless his children and god bless him
god bless the alter they were baptized at
god bless the lake you were baptized in
god bless the rapids of tears and the rafts of hope
god heal the sick! god heal the doctors!
god forgive me for forgiving secular medicine
god forgive me for advil abuse
god forgive me for aspiring and forgive the geriatric for taking aspirin when you're trying to bring them home!
god heal amputees
god heal the deformed
we'll call plastic surgery "god's gift"
in the same breath we'll condemn the shallow
look deeper, into yourself and your savings
and be truly saved, tithe!
god damn the flesh
god bless the gnats for destroying it
and damn them for loving it
god bless the damned
god hold sacred and devout maroon and indigo and teal and beige
and other in-between colors marooned on their blessed desert islands!
god bless lavender and eternal love
god bless cyan and god bless white
and god accept slavery!
it's okay, sell your daughters
stone your neighbors who work on sunday
however beautiful you can be for god
be that beautiful!
god bless us and god bless our country and god bless mango and strawberry sunsets for all eternity
god bless the mountains and the prairies and the oceans white with bodies
and the tops of mountains
and the bottoms of valleys
and the shadows and the deaths
and the demons that laugh in the faces of the faceless cold on the city sidewalks
or in the steam of the vents that we all but ignore
i hope war keeps going, i hope pain never ends
business would take a hit
god bless your business and god never mind your own
and god god god god settle down there'll be plenty of souls to be angry at
no, god, i'm not trying to give you orders
i'm simply trying to help
god bless me for trying and god bless the trials we go through
god bless heights and god bless depths and god bless what's in our midst
god bless the breadbasket
bless the organs playing at the funerals of organ donors
bless the bagpipes of our marches
bless april and bless may and may you be blessed, god
oh, god, huge muscles and white skin and conditioned hair
photogenic god if i ever saw one
god bless virgin mary in slices of bread and tree trunks!
bless those who believe
god bless our selfish pride and need for reassurance!
god bless lavender evenings and god go bless yourself
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