April 25th

“But now you must get rid of all such things - anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth.” Colossians 3:8

and here it is,
the loophole we need.
for if it is typing on a
keyboard, or tapping with
our thumbs,
if it is combining emojis,
finding just the right GIF,
if it is using a meme maker
(oh, better yet, posting one from
a person far more skilled),
or simply sharing a screed,
a whine, a ripping a new one
which popped up in our feed—
we can be as cruel, mean,
hateful, demeaning as
all those folks we condemn
for doing the same thing.
after all,
none of this is coming
from our mouths, is it!

© 2026 Thom M. Shuman

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