May 4, 1960 ~ baby, the rain must fall

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let there be praise
homage
to life's lovers
who tip the balance
of uncertainty
and rest assured
that life is not a tulip
cut and dying in a vase,
no matter how many
wars are waged
when hate and fear rears its ugly head
the innocent hacked
bombed, tortured, shot and
bludgeoned to death,
no matter how many die
in the name of hunger and thirst
or live in the inner city ghettos of America,
the occupied lands of Palestine,
let us find a cure for the sickness of indifference,
and the greed that allows us
to turn our backs on brothers and sisters
caught in the webs of our own self-deception,
let the four dead in Ohio
bring us all to our knees.