Whoever’s in charge of war and peace upstairs
Fast - give him an audiology test
He heard ‘Let the dogs out’
instead of ‘Let the doves out!
and now the world’s a hornet’s nest
A visit to Doctor Upyers' Medical Clinic was approached with trembling and dread!
Most folks would rather be fishing or have an appointment with their dentist instead!
Oh no! He wasn't trained in the fields of audiology, cardiology or cosmetology.
You see, at his Bottoms Up Clinic he specialized in the practice of proctology!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
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prophetic verses set like smooth stones
past the camels dry chiseled steps.
next to a parable and a jawbone.
the dead sea testamental tongues
leaflike water the valley of acacia
transposing their verbal vernacular.
the oral traditions passed down
by the giver of ghost
and imprinted on the skull
bones of martyred saints.
down where bone becomes papris,
the course stones shed their skin.
and under the fingernails of an old
god the fossils prophesy.
yes the dry bones prophesy...
speaking in ancient acrostic constructs,
verse by verse their biblical audiologies
unfold in a east wind.
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