O, thou lofty visionary,
With the mastery of conceit,
Bring thy pen to thy inkwell,
Yet, abandon the priestly cloth.
For, as a poet thou art just,
But as a priest thou art
The foul marriage of all opposites
And their incomparable things.
O, thou lofty visionary,
With the mastery of conceit,
Bring thy pen to thy inkwell,
Yet, abandon the priestly cloth.
For, as a poet thou art just,
But as a priest thou art
The foul marriage of all opposites
And their incomparable things.
If one day I found you I'd forsake a mountain of gold. If one day I found you, I would cherish you till we're old. So one day will you find me My cherished and beloved soul? So I don't grow to be a miser Or a stodge, curmudgeonly fool?
What clever means to the rest of the world, I hope I am never accused of. Having been called it, I will realize I was just a fool with some charming sayings. I also am not so foolish, to realize some clever one will mock this saying by calling me clever. If I had to choose between John Donne or Byron to have an eve's chat, I'd choose Byron because at least he wasn't a raging hypocrite.
Speeding down the road, Talking about my spat with Rebel--- I remember she told me the word Was insulting to a stranger--- The light turns yellow A caution, Then turns red, and I hit the breaks. Not intending to, I shoot out into the middle of the Intersection. I say, "Shoot," And shamefacedly drive through--- As you don't park in the middle of an intersection. I remember about a decade ago, The same thing happened, And being so careful not to sin, So anxious and filled with great heaving distress, I breeched the line, just like before, And cried out an oath. I realized this time I casually said, "Shoot" And didn't add sin unto sin. As, I was not so hyper afraid to sin That I self righteously sinned And added sin unto sin. Nor was I fearful of a ticket; As the last time, my conscience couldn't bear it. That is the reason we have grace--- So, flying off into an uncontrollable outburst We then say we're sorry, And do not pile upon ourselves Guilt upon guilt. Rather, we just brush it off And our conscience, Eased by knowledge of our own fallibility And God's forgiveness, does not react Like it were the end of Salvation.
I speak to a rebel Some decade ago... She calls me a nasty word. She tells me, "It is a term of endearment," Hiding the fact that it is not. I use the word against a woman; One who says I mansplain... And in a vile outburst I know now where it came I drop a nasty word upon her head And feel dejected. For the well of bitterness was that I was lied to. Please understand. I hadn't cherished the Rebel's friendship, But thought we made good acquaintance. Yet, she called I the word I called you. And now I know it is a nasty word And I am left questioning whether the word Was spoken illy about me. I do not know. And for that I lashed out against you. I'm sorry.
Marijuana does make people violent, and lazy, and insane. Video Games do cause increases in violent tendencies--- just watch any Call of Duty live Chat, and you'll see. Cops have been less likely to arrest people, or investigate violent crimes Which account for the drop of Violent Crime in this country; Which skyrocketed these past four years. A simple test of the hypothesis that video games cause violent tendencies, Is that in order to make soldiers shoot people Easier during World War II, They used human shaped targets instead of bullseye's. It worked. As is also true, video games desensitize people to violence, And reinforce dopamine receptors with violent tendencies. Breastfeeding is more nutritious for a child than baby formula. The Black Panthers are not heroes. They're the Black equivalent to the KKK. Blacks aren't incarcerated at higher rates due to racism, but because they commit more crimes. Also, that woman was arrested because her boyfriend was a resident of the household, and it was a domestic violence dispute, not a home invasion.
I'm Sorry I truly am sorry you suffered. If I had anything to say, Anything at all, I'd say I'm sad that no one came to your aid. It pains me, as I do not want to be in your shoes, Either... Yet, threatening me with "that" padded room... Why would I get put in a padded room? You cut me off before I could say anything, My Awakened Narcoleptic. I never said my government was oppressing me... Only my neighbor. Yet, if I end up in a padded room, We shall know who was truly behind this mess. As, I have faith, since the FBI has not burst down my door, Nor have they censored me, Nor have they told me I couldn't speak, That I am in no threat of my government. In Canada and Great Britain that is not true; Excuse me for fearing that tyranny would come here. Yet, the government's job is to protect me from my neighbor, And if mobs rule freedom of speech, Not a single word will ever be spoken again. Men are stabbed in public As for speech they get ran upon stage As evil tries to kill men whose voices it disagrees with. If you truly believe in all perspectives Then you'd be happy to let all perspectives have a voice, And not to be threatened by the sword of their fellow citizen Nor their censors. Yet, if I end up in a padded room, I shall know it was the government who did this. As, I am more sane now than I ever was.
Context: Discussing the authenticity and accuracy of The King James Authorized Bible. ​ I know you believe that. YouTube is deleting my comments, I guess it doesn't want you believing. You should think about that, since I said nothing defamatory. You need to get the Barnes and Noble's Leather Bound Edition of the KJV, because what you're saying isn't true. It was translated from the Vulgate, and the original Greek Manuscripts, and meticulously combed through for accuracy. And in the King James Bible, it actually says, "Abusers of themselves with Mankind", which is closest to the original Greek than even the modern day English Translations. I know you think the Bible was drafted in 300ad, and that's what you've been taught. But, the fact is I have the Apostolic Fathers on my bookshelf, and they quote numerous passages from the New Testament, and all of them are the same verses I find in the Bible today. There's also lots of fragmentary verses surviving, which show the current New Testament verses are practically identical to the ones being used in 70ad. Which is only forty years after Jesus was crucified. Apostolic Fathers also quoted heavily from the New Testament and Old, and they are the same verses we have in our King James Bible. So, the KJV is actually one of the most authoritative translations in English, and the only reason it isn't used very often, is because of its antiquated English. I'm sorry, but it is one of the best Word for Word translations, if not the best.
I just realized something. If the King decrees something contrary to judgment, that makes him a bad king. So, while the disagreement might seem arbitrary and petty, the worse villain is the Lion for decreeing a thing which is untrue, and then punishing the Tiger for what was. It’s funny, but this kind of represents all of the problems in Western Civilization today, that we justify the Lion in his bad judgment. The fact is, the premise of Western Enlightenment rests on reason’s capacity to win. If we say that there is no capacity in some, and that trying to win them by reason is wicked and unlawful, and deserves to be punished, then we fundamentally undermine Western Society, and the King really does decree that the Grass is Blue. This is not a good moral. At all. Author Unknown. Edited by Hamilton, Jeffery W.. "Don't Argue with Donkeys." La Vista Church of Christ.org, archives. https://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/cms/bible-studies/moral-principles-for-young-people-volume-ii/dont-argue-with-donkeys/. Web. However, as a fellow brother in Christ's story, I believe the point is good as a proverb for dealing with foolish people. However, the King in this instance is not a good king. He should never lie out of spite. Nor should a man be punished for speaking what is true by authority. Rather, authority should punish the Donkey, not the Tiger. Thus, the story shows our modern error in judgment. Questions answered: The Lion in the story was not just, and is an emblem of today's civil court system. That it explicitly, knowing what is right, justifies fools. One ought to disagree with someone, if what they are saying is blatantly false, as if their idea gets perpetuated, and becomes law through the King, who then becomes persecuted? Obviously we do. Is it the Tiger's fault that the Lion's decree was unwise? Does not a wise King tell the truth, and reward truth tellers? Will not Christ reward us, for speaking the truth in Christ, and for disagreeing with the world? How does the Gospel get preached, if there can be no disagreement? If Lies are upheld by those in high authority? We do not have to win every argument. But, that's not the point of this story? Is it? The Tiger went to the King to get a just discernment. And the King failed in this simplest of tasks. No. Reality does not change because of beliefs. Nor does it change because of the Lion's decree. I think there was no better way for the Tiger to handle it. As, he went to the authority, but the Authority lied and punished him, insead of the evildoer. As is what happens so often in this world. There is no authority, except what is depraved and wicked and unlawful ordinance. That is why so many people suffer. Who should have been punished was the Ass and not the Tiger.
War is just the natural result of sin, because when there is excess sin, peace cannot be enjoyed. Observing that laws have changed in the past, is not evidence against an objective moral truth. I would burn every word I wrote, if I thought it would become a new religion. An atheist is like a dog. It barks, "Evidence" without the ability to understand it. Usually, people are what they hate. The sages all presented different methods, but arrived at similar truths. Hume begins brilliantly, muddles into the absurd, and then ends with absolute peril. The social milieu is not what makes a thing right or wrong. I like more concrete philosophies; I don't like asking questions a six year can answer. The best do not get jealous. A wise man can't be lazy; all of the frivolity would soon become a bore. One can do too much work. When science does come around to an answer for "What is Good", it will necessarily find that Jesus already beat it to the chase. That's if science ever does come to an answer. It's what Christ lived and taught. That's why, even if all the evidence were against me, I'd still believe. Thankfully, almost all the evidence is for me, in this particular instance. Every historical personage must be made like Christ to the Child, with only minor flaws---yet, an education will necessarily cause them disillusionment, which must be then self reflected on. Figures like Washington, Columbus, Einstein or Franklin must be first caricaturized as perfection---so when the child recognizes them as strangers, they will still retain the ideal of what a man ought to be. These ideal men we learned about in grade school don't exist, unless we become them. You're never too old to read a book. Ezra Pound is an enigma to me. A writer so focused on meaning, yet he expressed none. I've seen the depths of even the most authentic church; its depravity would astound you; so it took for its leaders Mammon and Asmodeus, and cast me out of its congregation, saying, "He does no work." Had I spent even a hair's breath of time on something other than this, I might never have found my religion were true; yet, the benefit of being this writer, is that you get to discover it with me. People always hated politicians. It's the Ass who should be punished, not the Quaker Parrot. Seeing how Ben Johnson wrote an entire elegy to his son, I see no reason why Shakespeare didn't do the same with his sonnets. I've investigated it thoroughly, Anne Hathaway must have been black, and once, also, a slave. An immense treasure was once found by taking millions of opinions and using this data to calculate its location. The similarities of Ancient Near East myths and the Bible---as well as the philosophies of ancient Greece and China---seem to demonstrate this fact. Paul said in his famous sermon, "God winked through the poets." How often scholars confuse those winks with the Human imagination. I have no doubt that Samus, El and Ra all echoed God's Word---I find Jupiter echoes God's Word; but now God revealed Himself as Christ Jesus, so we all must believe in Him. The scariest thing about God, is that humans went hundreds of thousands of years without ever knowing His name. God placed Adam on the Earth, and that small lineage of men were punished with the Knowledge of God's existence. Echoes of their beliefs germinated, and took root in the surrounding cultures, but not until Moses was it given to an entire people to inherit the full truth. I shout loudest because I see my own sin: I don't want others to know the same mistakes. The Bible is violent, so we won't be. God's judgment is either equal to the saved, or froward to the damned. Huckleberry Finn is a child's journey into the real world, and back to childhood. The Bible was not handed down orally. It was, indeed, transmitted through written text. If there are, indeed, two sources for Genesis---which I believe---then they were both handed down through written accounts, and were faithfully preserved. The "Contradictions" and "Repetitions" are evidence of this preservation. The Bible has its origins in the first laws of humankind, and the first Monotheistic traditions. It's a wonder that God finally codified His faith through Moses, and then Jesus gave it to all. The Bible was, also, written, not transcribed from oral tradition. Why give two accounts of the same events? Why have both Kings and Chronicles? If not because every event were independently written down through the testimony of multiple witnesses? The best way to know the Bible was first written, and not an oral tradition, is the concurrent18th Dynasty Egyptian phraseology used in the book of Exodus as a polemic. What clever means to the rest of the world, I hope I am never accused of. Having been called it, I will realize I was just a fool with some charming sayings. I also am not so foolish, to realize some clever one will mock this saying by calling me clever. 1. American Stone Henge Someone took a pipe bomb And blew up those damn stones. Good riddance. I would have done it myself; In fact, I had plans to do it. Those same people censor me Why not blow their garbage philosophy to hell? I saw some jeeps driving down the road; About four of them in a row. Do you know what I saw? I saw peace. I saw the modern Horse and Buggy And since civilization is so spread out We need something gas powered to get us around. There was a sort of peace, As I rolled up the hill, and down it, Watching the Amazon Employee Drive to work in an old Corolla. I then realized they decided To decommission about a zillion vehicles In the "Cash for Clunkers" Program. Meaning... people won't have Old Corollas to drive to Amazon. They'll have new, fancy cars, If a car at all. And work, of course, will be for the privileged. Not for everyone... Instead of work, you'll be at home, Making your stipend, And living off the roach feces And ant colonies in the spring. I realized, they censor me. Why not blow their little plan to hell? I'd like to see them strung up by their big toes And whacked like pinatas. I hope Elon Musk makes a rocket ship And they all just, blast away, If they find our little blue sphere a bother. And on they go, like that Steve Miller Song, And the world will be rid of a couple of griping Old billionaire fools, who did nothing good anyway. Since they like Ayn Rand so much, John Galt can go to Mars for all I care. The rest of us will fare without them. Without their dumb laws and hindrance to our freedom. It wouldn't solve all the issues... There'd just be another set of bratty billionaires after them And they, too, could fuck off when the world got sick of them. We don't want their feudalism, communism, Or any of it. Just make our Stoves and Canned Soups... We don't need your plans for a "Better World." 2. The Fleecing I saw many sheep, And they were fleeced. And lo, I was fleeced. And we all bleated for help But the oppressor took from us our wool. No matter how hard I or anyone tried To regain our fleece, and keep warm The enemy severely sheered us of all our wool. Woe to the tyrants who spoil the flock. 3. Atheist Mantra Hearsay is not evidence, And your opinion is only yours. Your fables bring bad governance, And serving God… what a chore! 4. Thomas At the end, Christ did appear To His disciples. Otherwise, They would not die for what they knew Outright was false. The only trick Which could have worked Was a Body Double-- But even this fails, As Doubting Thomas Touched the Wounds. And St. John attests that Christ had A heart attack---as that is why Water ran from His punctured side. Therefore, He unequivocally had died. 5. My Cross Upon my blue wall Is a cross, which hangs on hemp rope. A silver dove is Worked within the cross's silver frame. Oh thou cross, Protrude outward With an off center of hollowed negative space... Oh, you hollowed off center, The convex curve of the dove rests, and Shortens the empty center at thy head; A red tack, like Eliakim, Holds this message With a red ribbon pierced through a nail, Like that which Christ had been crucified with. The cross, and that red ribbon, a cache holding True fortunes. 6. Coke Tall, ten inches, The bulbous bottle stands Atop my oaken desk. Its red wrapper and white calligraphy contrast To form an ingredient label. Not very nutritious... But, among my favorites. Inflation, my longtime nemesis, Has this particular bottle Costing about two dollars thirty cents. Shocked when I saw the price tag, My measly meal was about two thirds an hour's labor. 7. Noah's Ark Glue residue, nails, Petrified Wood, All found in a boat shaped indentation On a mountain in Turkey. An anchor also was included In the discovery, With titanium found there--- Some mention was in the Bible Of a metalworker who helped Noah. I'm very skeptical. I didn't believe the report about Guang Wu Until I looked the very thing up... And there it was. 8. I'm Sorry I truly am sorry you suffered. If I had anything to say, Anything at all, I'd say I'm sad that no one came to your aid. It pains me, as I do not want to be in your shoes, Either... Yet, threatening me with "that" padded room... Why would I get put in a padded room? You cut me off before I could say anything, My Awakened Narcoleptic. I never said my government was oppressing me... Only my neighbor. Yet, if I end up in a padded room, We shall know who was truly behind this mess. As, I have faith, since the FBI has not burst down my door, Nor have they censored me, Nor have they told me I couldn't speak, That I am in no threat of my government. In Canada and Great Britain that is not true; Excuse me for fearing that tyranny would come here. Yet, the government's job is to protect me from my neighbor, And if mobs rule freedom of speech, Not a single word will ever be spoken again. Men are stabbed in public As for speech they get ran upon stage As evil tries to kill men whose voices it disagrees with. If you truly believe in all perspectives Then you'd be happy to let all perspectives have a voice, And not to be threatened by the sword of their fellow citizen Nor their censors. Yet, if I end up in a padded room, I shall know it was the government who did this. As, I am more sane now than I ever was. 9. Brandon Ruins Everything Marijuana does make people violent, and lazy, and insane. Video Games do cause increases in violent tendencies--- just watch any Call of Duty live Chat, and you'll see. Cops have been less likely to arrest people, or investigate violent crimes Which account for the drop of Violent Crime in this country; Which skyrocketed these past four years. A simple test of the hypothesis that video games cause violent tendencies, Is that in order to make soldiers shoot people Easier during World War II, They used human shaped targets instead of bullseye's. It worked. As is also true, video games desensitize people to violence, And reinforce dopamine receptors with violent tendencies. Breastfeeding is more nutritious for a child than baby formula. The Black Panthers are not heroes. They're the Black equivalent to the KKK. Blacks aren't incarcerated at higher rates due to racism, but because they commit more crimes. Also, that woman was arrested because her boyfriend was a resident of the household, and it was a domestic violence dispute, not a home invasion. 10. This Eejit's Rage Fantasy I speak to a rebel Some decade ago... She calls me a nasty word. She tells me, "It is a term of endearment," Hiding the fact that it is not. I use the word against a woman; One who says I mansplain... And in a vile outburst I know now where it came I drop a nasty word upon her head And feel dejected. For the well of bitterness was that I was lied to. Please understand. I hadn't cherished the Rebel's friendship, But thought we made good acquaintance. Yet, she called I the word I called you. And now I know it is a nasty word And I am left questioning whether the word Was spoken illy about me. I do not know. And for that I lashed out against you. I'm sorry. 11. Why Grace? Speeding down the road, Talking about my spat with Rebel--- I remember she told me the word Was insulting to a stranger--- The light turns yellow A caution, Then turns red, as I hit the breaks. Not intending to, I shoot out into the middle of the Intersection. I say, "Shoot," And shamefacedly drive through--- As you don't park in the middle of an intersection. I remember about a decade ago, The same thing happened, And being so careful not to sin, So anxious and filled with great heaving distress, I breeched the line, just like before, And cried out an oath. I realized this time I casually said, "Shoot" And didn't add sin unto sin. As, I was not so hyper afraid to sin That I self righteously sinned And added sin unto sin. Nor was I fearful of a ticket; As the last time, my conscience couldn't bear it. That is the reason we have grace--- So, flying off into an uncontrollable outburst We then say we're sorry, And do not pile upon ourselves Guilt upon guilt. Rather, we just brush it off And our conscience, Eased by knowledge of our own fallibility And God's forgiveness, does not react Like it were the end of Salvation. 12. If One Day I Found You If one day I found you I'd forsake a mountain of gold. If one day I found you, I would cherish you till we're old. So one day will you find me My cherished and beloved soul? So I don't grow to be a miser Or a stodge, curmudgeonly fool? 13. Conceit O, thou lofty visionary, With the mastery of conceit, Bring thy pen to thy inkwell, Yet, abandon the priestly cloth. For, as a poet thou art just, But as a priest thou art The foul marriage of all opposites And their incomparable things. 14. Theosis I cannot think of myself as a "god". I am not a god. I can, however, think of myself as a son of God Adopted through the heir of Christ's divinity. Yet, to make myself an equal With Whom I certainly cannot be equal... To me there is only one God The Father, Spirit; Son Amen. The Prince of this world says, "I am a god; I am God." I thought clearly, this doctrine was a warning Against such heresy... And I do not believe it is what the Catholic Doctrines preach. It has never occurred to me, That this was canonical Christianity Until I had heard St. Athanasius cited it; The most authoritative Creed maker in my faith. If I must become a god Then so be it... But, I wish to eat, drink, read, and partake of the Otherworldly pleasures As a hedonist, rather than partake the duties of a Divine Creator. This doctrine that I become a "god" I understand it only as "Judge". That I will judge, I have become a god of sort. That I hand down divine sentences; Yes, I will be like a Monarch And Christ my Emperor. I see it clearly now, As I always have. Yet, God, if I were made equal to Thee I shall fail. Every man ought to say this, Lest they commit the cardinal sin of blasphemy. 15. Late Bronze Age Collapse The populations Fall, could it be those nasty Plagues and bees God sent? 16. Darragh They desire him to fix the world--- Yet, he is only one of those who Make the problems much more severe. I understand it now... better than I ever did. 17. To A Poet Laureate I’ve Got Jesus Loves You on the Front of My Wallet For the Atheistic Left Alas, Laureate of my day, Your verse is sublimer in a good sort of way. I have Jesus Loves you on the face of my wallet That a kind man gave me once in private. It's a sticker with a rainbow's color But let me tell you why Homoeroticus lovers Are forbade by God and His holy hammer. As a man, I need not worry about the thing; What people do is their choice, you see. But, why God must judge a Gay or Straight man For sexual sins which are wrought in the land Is that the compounding effect is it makes souls less gay; They get choked of their love, and needless to say That it makes finding love just a little bit harder And let's be honest, it's probably bequeathed by a mother Who does not but coddle the child Or it's wrought by a strange sort of pedophile. I need not judge the man or woman in sin But compounding interests make it harder to live In peace with man and woman, and fay Is made less fay, and sin made less sin. So, honest to me, I tell them the truth. It is not I, but God's holy alliance and moot It is to make it less of a crime But it's not my place to judge, or to give them a hard time. I myself have made many a suffer And I myself have not obeyed father or mother. So where am I to judge these folk? I do not, but having compassion on most Will tell them where a sin is a sin And by compassion warn them time and again. 18. Beloved Peace The evidence says "Peace!" And as they say "Peace, peace, "Safety, happiness" There is only frustration And rebellion's black war. 19. The Garch's Delusion The rich Garch sees zir Lies told to many,—ze who Writes our history. Yet, human nature proceeds To tell zir thrice, ze is wrong. 20. Phantasy Elishah walked tonight, Silently, looking at the five days aged Crescent moon. Hearing scorn of children's fright, Undaunted, with the sweet melodies Of Hero and Leander Singing their hymns across the deep. There they sing, as if Apollos and Calliope, Betraying an innocence of a generation passing away. A sweet, innocent narcissism, Harmless and fully justified For a generation whose brilliance Shined brighter than the starry night. The children scorned, Yet the gentle woman came to mind; Reacquainted once more By the widow's stones And the footprints upon the beach. As if the Gentle woman were looking For the agéd sun over the hoary foam And quieting noise.