Short Predative Poems

Ageing,
like good sex,
good faith,
good humor,
and/or good politics,
seems to be a focused process

Of becoming less judgmentally rejected
for the traumatized company I keep

And more happily appreciated
for surviving
the predative
and privileged potential companions
I have prudently rejected....

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Do you feel a profound difference
between secular shelter
and sacred space;
natural place
and spiritual sanctuary
from predative time?

Is this revisited
when considering density,
integrity
solidarity distinctions
between a house
a building
a "property improvement"
and your home?

Between a lifeless, commodified environment
and healthy wealth of co-passioning Earth?

Between disposable resources
and ancient Source?...

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While I do not doubt
God has chosen to use imperfect people
as powerful leaders
throughout history,

I also do not doubt
imperfect people have chosen to use god
to justify narcissistic 
degenerative 
supremacist
predative purposes
throughout history,

And I also do not doubt
God has not chosen to use 
many imperfect people
unqualified for effective public office
for furthering a healthy 
democratic 
multicultural
non-violently communioned
global history....

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