A Carolina Psalter. Tony Scully

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      I shout and no one answers

      Except myself

      Have mercy on me

      Who am I talking to?

      While the world

      Worships currency

      Assets

      Equities

      Who pays for the roof over a newborn’s head?

      How can I tell my friends

      To search their hearts

      And be silent

      To trust in the world

      It’s going to be alright

      No, Ma’am

      It’s going to be more waiting

      More death

      More suffering

      Which only brings wisdom they say

      The wisdom to know

      We do not control a single thing

      We can only meditate

      On the stillness that is You

      And know

      Even with nothing

      We are not alone

      We are blessed

      With silence

      And with nothingness

      And violins

      Psalm Five

      1 Give ear to my words, O God,Consider my meditation.2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God;For unto thee do I pray.3 O God, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice;In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:Evil shall not sojourn with thee.5 The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight:Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies:God abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.7 But as for me, in the abundance of thy loving Kindness will I come into thy house:In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.8 Lead me, O God, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;Make thy way straight before my face.9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;Their inward part in every wickedness;Their throat is an open sepulchre;They flatter with their tongue.10 Hold them guilty, O God;Let them fall by their own counsels;Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions;For they have rebelled against thee.11 But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice,Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them:Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.12 For thou wilt bless the righteous;O God, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.

      Do I ever stop

      Crying out for help

      In my dirge

      Desperate for a god

      Who is only talked about

      By people looking for a sovereign ruler

      And finding none

      Especially in themselves?

      I pray for prosperity

      What else?

      Money the source of all evil

      And everything else

      Especially shrimp ‘n grits

      And beachfront property

      Is that so?

      Is there something wrong with an Escalade

      Or a vacation home in St. Tropez

      Or will your hurricanes

      Destroy that too?

      Am I so arrogant

      So filled with hate

      That the universe is no longer comfortable with me

      At least

      Not since I began to speak?

      I still bow down to tabernacles

      Especially the baroque

      And recite rosaries at funerals

      Along with the devout

      And utter Under God

      When I pledge allegiance to the flag

      And indivisible

      They buy and sell the working class

      The out-of-working class

      And the high fructose

      Incapacitated class

      Going mad

      With dementia and Diabetes II

      What do you plan to do with us?

      O God, whoever you are

      Wherever you hide

      We clearly cannot save ourselves

      Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous Do you?

      Who are they?

      Democrat or Republican?

      Have mercy on me

      The unknowing

      Uncomprehending

      Brain Dead

      Me

      Deliver me

      Accept the prayers

      Of one drowning in the dark

      Weak from the sorrow of the world

      And when you think of it

      Destroy the destroyers too

      In Jesus name, Amen

      Psalm Six

      1 O God, rebuke me not in thine anger,Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.2 Have mercy upon me, СКАЧАТЬ