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Tower of Babel

The tower of Babel
was destined to fall
not because of the
wrath of God,
but the hatred
of man.
 
Colossal tower of power,
Structure of wealth and pride,
The dejected elected,
And the oppression prophesied...
 
One day a lowly slave
Took a stick of dynamite,
crept up to the base of the tower
and wailed loudly in the night,
 
blowing the structure straight into heaven.
 
He laughed as
the cries
turned
incomprehensible,
despairing.
Babbling and babbling.
He didn’t know what they were saying.
He didn’t know what he was doing.
 
~~~
 
Prophets of Rage and Prophets of Fear,
Standing by and standing near,
in my mind, ready to do their part.
Babbling destruction in my heart.
 
~~~
Thou shalt not murder,
therefore,
 
Amalekites should not be killed
Israelites should not be killed
Romans and Greeks should not be killed
Geeks should not be killed
Jocks should not be killed
Philistines should not be killed
Phoenicians should not be killed
Moabites and Edomites shouldn’t be killed
Theater goers in Aurora, CO should not be killed
Church goers in Atlanta should not be killed
LGBTQ+ community should not be killed
Babies should not be killed
Landlords should not be killed
Renters should not be killed
Criminals should not kill or be killed
School teachers should not be killed
My future dog should not be killed
Cats should not be killed.
Families and children in Gaza should not be killed.
 
In a perfect world no one is killed.
Lambs play with lions.
But in this world, we Babylon.
We Nebuchadnezzar.
We strive for nothing, learn nothing,
see nothing. Hear nothing.
Praying to violence
instead of to God.
Pray to God,
Don’t Babylon.
Pray for the violence
to end.
Disarm the violence
within.
Amen.

(2015)

Check out the story of the Tower of Babel in the book of Genesis.

The word babble does not come from the story of the tower of Babel, but they are homophones!

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