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Be a hummer

Messiah, my penance turned futile,
Again humanity creates war of sin,
The cloudy black sky with rays silver,
Cannot spread the message of peace fine,
   Southerners were once proslavery,
   John Brown wanted to arm slaves,
   Poor Brown could not rise
He was brutally hung on scaffold.
He reached Jesus, he spread humanity.
    Persists slavery entwined with modernity,
     Like the thorns of rose.  No equality,
     Poor suffer in the hands of the rich,
The lightning drags chains and flashes,
Thunder barks to cow the hapless,
Corporeal threats are let loose.
    Bigotry putz around, terrorism let loose,
    RDX kills, poverty destroys, at stake is peace.
Abolitionist John Brown, come, come save us,
Lead us. Let us fight the evil. Make us bold.
     Religions turn phony. Why, you kill for your religion?
Shame, shame.  Remember the angelic smile
The smile of Jesus, Budha, Gandhi.  Allah is great,
Cruelty hatches atrocity.
Enshreuded misty ignorance make us ruthless,
Stop.  Stop suicide bombing.  Stop mutual hatred.
Let white floating clouds spread peace.
AMEN.
— U K Atiyodi, Feb 16, 2010

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