“The Man”
I thought it was the local boys who stole
My research (Masters level) – on the whole,
They were complicit – but what lies behind
The system – all along it’s been “The Man”.The publishers have research all locked up –
Three billion made by one – now there’s a schmuck;
We public pay, then pay for use at all –
That fellow took them on, and took the fall.O Lord I hate “The Man” – throws power ’round,
And tosses others off the mount to ground;
It riles me up to where it’s hard to sleep;
Lord, help me stay in You, Your peace to keep.“Stu, up above that layer of earth there is
Another layer, up beyond the biz
Of “man” or “woman”, “boy” or “girl” – who e’er
Purports to do balloon-thing, filled with air.“Don’t sweat it, Stu, they lose out in the end;
As all do, who My ways take up and bend;
Abide in Me and I in you – you’ll see,
It’s all baloney – Kingdom is of me.”Lord, thanks for this – I was so riled up,
I guess because this week for me is tough
(When all the best got flushed away forthwith);
It’s like on best of life around they spit.“They do, and always have, my friend – recall
Our Easter-weekend days – thought they were tall;
But always, folks forget to raise their eyes,
To see Who’s looking down from in the skies.“I warned old Adam it was going to hurt;
But he knew best, and did with evil flirt;
But in the end old Adam died, though took
A while to topple over – read My book.“So let it go, as you just hunger, thirst;
It’s not so much what’s done, e’en at their worst;
The worst is yet to come – vengeance is Mine,
So let it go; get on with life; you’re fine.”Thanks, Lord, for Your assistance on my way;
Thanks for this layered-life where we can play;
Thanks for the folks who’ve made a better place
On earth, from Kingdom-layer, for human race.Thanks Lord for this.
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