Tempered in the Word: in preview
WHAT KINGS
-Bonita M Quesinberry
On this earth what kings have we to look upon?
Why, the drug lords, mighty and strong!
And the porno prince of book, movie and song.
Why, even the pimp of women gone wrong!
Oh, no! you adamantly say,
yet pass laws to protect them every day.
Such illusory laws meant to make the victim pay.
You fools! Your kings have rusted wisdom
and feet of clay!
You seek the king set upon a coin,
and in his wrongs you glady join,
eagerly satisfying the loin
and, blindly, God's temple you purloin.
Oh, Mighty One, King of Kings above,
send down wisdom on the wings
of a pure white dove.
Strip away that illusory glove
and fill their hearts with purest love!
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Published 1991:
National Library of Poetry, Volume II
Pseudonyms: Elizabeth Corvin
Lindsey Quesinberry
