We
are pleased to offer a poem and two thoughtful and timely essays by the
Reverend David H. Rommereim as part of our Protest Series.
The
poem appears on this page. You can access each essay by clicking on its title,
below.
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work Copyright©2016 by David H. Rommereim – All Rights Reserved
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“What
do you hear?”
David
H. Rommereim
What
do you hear?
Is it what I said?
Is it what I said?
Or
have you listened
with
your, inner voice?
The
morning news announced,
‘An
election is completed.
We
have a new president.
He
has begun….’
And
what I heard is:
‘A
new president has a big gun.’
I
guess you know what I hear
about
this man.
I
hope to listen, then ask,
whether he
can holster his guns,
keep
his finger off the trigger,
mouth
off the spit.
Then
he may keep a good job,
with
perfect insurance,
and
a decent pension.
If
he is fired,
he
will become
one
of millions
who
have given up
on
the unemployment line,
and
stuck their nose into anger,
spit
into slime,
and
listen only to the voices
without
purpose of those
who,
after getting spit on,
replace
the batteries of hearing aids,
and
look for a chance
to
join in the song of the future.
