By one of my favorite Poets: Kevin Max Smith
Jesus in the Arena
Johnny Cash
on a Billy Graham Stage
Inner City Buses pulled up on the pavement
it doesn't run like that at all these days
there's no more funk in the soul cages
representing the Nazarene
with a Jesus Freak tee
and some ripped up jeans
but deep inside
those holes aren't dreams
but empty eyes
with a list of schemes
from the record company and the Church board
they learned to take the song from the source
turn them into banners
and anthems for the worst
type of narrowminded gimps
that limp about on borrowed verses
so give them back independence
give them back some reverence
historical precedence
coinage for some relevance
to put in their pockets
and use for the future
instead of being used up, sutured
like a monster
robotic, and devoid of real posture...
Jesus in The Arena
Give us Freedom.
My thoughts exactly.
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