Octopus

I will not fail to speak
of Leviathan’s limbs,
its strength
and its graceful form...
~ Job 41

Who Are The Brain Police?

Then someone came and said:

“Look! The men you put in jail
are standing in the temple courts
teaching the people.”

At that, the captain went
with his officers
and brought in the apostles.
They did not use force,
because they feared
that the people
would stone them...
The apostles were brought in
and made to appear
before the Sanhedrin
to be questioned
by the high priest.

“We gave you strict orders
not to teach in this name,” he said.
“Yet you have filled Jerusalem
with your teaching
and are determined
to make us guilty
of this man’s blood.”

Peter
and the other apostles
replied:

“We must obey GOD
rather than human beings!"
~ Acts 5

iRefuse

I abhor the assembly of evildoers
and I refuse to sit with the wicked.
~ Psalm 26

Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, August 1968, LIFE magazine

Tower Of Strength

Gene McDaniels 2/12/35 – 7/29/2011

What strength do I have,
that I should still hope?
What prospects,
that I should be patient?
Do I have the strength of stone?
Is my flesh bronze?
~ Job 6



Eugene McDaniels
Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse
& Outlaw

If Outlaw merely annoyed the tyrannical Nixon administration, McDaniels' next project, Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse, caused major outrage. Depending on which story you read, either the supremely despicable Vice President Spiro Agnew or the equally contemptible Chief of Staff Harry Haldeman contacted Atlantic Records and demanded that the label stop recording the singer after the album was released in 1971.

Prisoner Of Love

The LORD sets prisoners free
~ Psalm 146

Don't Shoot Me

When they came to the place
called The Skull,
they crucified him there,
along with the criminals...
one on his right,
the other on his left.
~ Luke 23



HAVE MERCY ON THE CRIMINAL
Elton John
Don't Shoot Me (I'm Only The Piano Player)
1973

Have you heard the dogs at night
Somewhere on the hill
Chasing some poor criminal
And I guess they're out to kill
Oh there must be shackles on his feet
And mother in his eyes
Stumbling through the devil-dark
With the hound pack in full cry

Have mercy on the criminal
Who is running from the law
Are you blind to the winds of change
Don't you hear him any more

Praying Lord you got to help me
I am never gonna sin again
Just take these chains from around my legs
Sweet Jesus I'll be your friend

Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam
While you lie on a cold damp ground
You're taking in the face of a rifle butt
While the wardens hold you down

And you've never seen a friend in years
Oh it turns your heart to stone
You jump the walls and the dogs run free
And the grave's gonna be your home

iThink iSee The Light

I have come
into the world
as a light,
so that no one
who believes in me
should stay in darkness.
~ John 12

I used to trust nobody,
trusting even less their words
Until I found somebody,
there was no one I preferred
My heart was made of stone,
my eyes saw only misty gray
Until you came into my life girl,
I saw everyone that way

Until I found the one I needed at my side
I think I would have been a sad man all my life

I think I see the light coming to me
Coming through me, giving me a second sight
So shine, shine, shine, shine, shine, shine
Shine, shine, shine

I used to walk alone,
every step seemed the same
This world was not my home,
so there was nothing much to gain
Look up and see the clouds,
look down and see the cold floor
Until you came into my life girl,
I saw nothing, nothing more

Until I found the one I needed at my side
I think I would have been a sad man all my life

I think I see the light coming to me
Coming through me, giving me a second sight
So shine, shine, shine, shine, shine, shine
Shine, shine, shine

I Read The News Today

You will not fear the terror of night,
nor the arrow that flies by day,
nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness,
nor the plague that destroys at midday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
ten thousand at your right hand,
but it will not come near you.
You will only observe with your eyes
and see the punishment of the wicked.
If you say, “The LORD is my refuge,”
and you make the Most High your dwelling,
no harm will overtake you,
no disaster will come near your tent.
~ Psalm 91

The Tears Of A Clown

He will yet
fill your mouth
with laughter
and your lips
with shouts of joy.
~ Job 8