Brian Johnston Poems

Don't worship the mechanical,
Be sure to make the rules your friend,
Bend them, look for hidden meanings,
Consider that they're not the end.
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(A both serious and fanciful encounter with God)

1. There are so many questions that I have for God,
Oh my love, don't you feel the same way?
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I. Imagine a stack
Of razor blades
Bolted together
Polished edges
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Some people take flack for chasing their dreams
From plain folks who perhaps don't have many
They're knocked for not taking life as it seems,
Risking treasure worth more than a penny.
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Our political differences ring in my ear
with fake " Fire! " calls in theaters marketing fear!
‘Right' won't honor opinions of others, hate facts,
they are traumatized truants, Trump's turncoats' fake tracts
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Is the passion of loins or the merging of mind
More significant role found in Love if Love's real?
And does sex make its bed (a sad urge to survive
In some way when you die) , more desires its genes thrive
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religious police
arrest Muslim fast breakers -
no faith, no excuse
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Can you hear the water in the creek,
Can you see the tears that stain my cheek,
Can you feel the pain that I can't speak,
Can you?
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So which is the more valuable,
Our good friends or our lovers?
And just where does the difference lie,
In truth or under covers?
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“Let me introduce myself
I am simple, I am ‘Green’
The planet’s very first,
Non-localized and multi-form,
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