“Sizzle And The Steak” [War – Sub Series Number One – Reflections on Timothy Snyder’s Book, On Tyranny – Poem #9 – Chapter 9]
The sizzle’s made of “plastic” wrap;
The steak of “paper” – that’s a fact
I learned in bygone days in biz,
When library showed the fizz –Of business books with noon-our shows,
To sell the books – for when one knows
The issues and solutions, then
Fact can to detailed thought ascend.The “plastic” arts have role to play –
Traditions oral have their day;
And print, five thousand years around,
In deserts, caves, each year are found.“No concept, even simple ones,
Can be conveyed by “film” – but fun
Is best displayed in plastic wrap –
So steak and sizzle package fact.Don’t just consume, convey as well,
For literature the mists dispel;
But when we cower, close the trap
We all are losers – (school-marm crap).For poetry is made for speech,
And “plastic arts” new concepts teach;
If we shut down creative side,
A part of God in us we hide.In kindergarten, “All can paint”;
By high school days, “Me? Speak? I’d faint!”
For social pressure takes its toll;
Participate – and be made whole.I love the Internet – YouTube –
Where ordinary folks can choose
To self-express – why I came here –
Democracy needs speech, not fear.So Lord, when those guys shut me down,
You said, “Shut up, and skip the frown –
If you will listen, wait to act,
Until I say – you’ll learn the facts –“Which you don’t know, or under-stand;
You’re quick to shoot with message bland;
But bide in Me and I in you,
And Jubilee through you I’ll do.”Thanks Lord for this.
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