Wednesday, June 25, 2014

A Harsh Mirror – v2

For those who grab the spotlight
who sit in righteous judgment
Casting the first stone
against their fellow man.

A harsh mirror, from the
carnie, the fun house
Distorts their features
a parody of themselves
when their own sin is
exposed, shone across the dial,
the web, the real-time news cycle

How far the mighty climb
in the Temple, the Pharisees,
How far they fall, how they shatter,
When the shards of their glass house
crumbles under the weight
of their own hubris


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edited June 25, 2014
A Harsh Mirror – v2
November 3, 2006 21:50
A Harsh Mirror

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