The prayers are still needed
to repair what was lost
the net cut asunder
too many lives lost
The plea of a mother
of others speaking
joining together
crying out to you
as if with one voice
I beg you to reconsider
the precipice before us
the choice you are making
leading to the pit
A judgment on us all
if we continue on this path
how we treat our neighbors
our hands on their heads
becoming our sacrifice
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edited December 3, 2014
I Beg You – v3
(editing version 2)
the prayers are still
needed
to repair what was lost
Edited August 6, 2013
“I Beg You – v2”
March 12, 2011
“I Beg You”
written
at Pembroke Town Meeting
March
12, 2011
&
calling
on the NH Legislature
and
the Governor
to
spare those without a voice
those
who need us
from
the severe budget cuts
that
are currently planned
in
HB1 and HB2, etc.
&
in
part based on the testimony
of
The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson,
Episcopal
Bishop of New Hampshire
March
10, 2011
&
testimony
of Attorney Kathy Needleman
March
10, 2011
(no
longer in practice as of 5/16/2013)
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