What have they done?

Gabriel sings
Gabriel pings
    into my in-box
Gabriel dings
    the bell which
    wakes
        me from my slumbers
    takes
        me by the hand
    shakes
        me from complacency

A drought
A famine
A revolution
A war
A drought
A famine
A revolution
A war
A drought
A famine
A revolution
A war
Gabriel sings
        praises to the God
        who rules
A drought
A famine
A revolution
A war
Gabriel wings
        a message
        a cry
            for help
        a cry
            for justice
        a cry
            for a voice
                amidst dancing kittens
                wannabe somebodies
                basejumping daredevils
                lipsync challenges
                and self-improvement

self
improvement
improving
the self
improving
your self
improving
my self
improving
my selfish
self
 
Gabriel wings
        a message
        a cry
            for help
        a cry
            for justice
        a cry
            strangled
            by the noise
            of Barbie-marketing,
            Elon-Trumpeting
            Tate-hate
        a cry
            gentle weeping guitar
            gentle weeping God
        a cry
            What have they done?
                What have they done?
        What have they done?
        What have they done?
                What have they done?
                What have they done?
                    What have they done?
                        What have they done?
                            What have they done?
                                What have they done?


Tim Presswood is Baptist Union President 2023-2024. His theme is Sharing Christ’s Great Banquet.
 
An early adopter of Facebook, Tim closed his social media accounts in 2020 following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. He finds that he can exist perfectly well without them.



 

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