July 24th

"And there, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written." Joshua 8:32

sorry, Josh, but
we need to borrow the stone

which warns about having

any other Gods, to put under

the chair of our political choice,

and that one about honoring

our parents and their generation

we will place in their way so they

can stumble all over the place

proving we are right that folks

who are of a certain age are useless,

and those ones about not 

telling falsehoods, or killing, no

cheating on those we swear to love,

and not being jealous of what others own,

well, gosh, they have just gone 

out of style as far as we are concerned.

and just like that, your hopeful reminders

are ground into gravel we can walk

over on our way to foolishness

beyond imagination.

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

Venmo: @Thom-Shuman