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all of us

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God loves us

don’t forget

never mind classic

four spiritual laws

there are hundreds

and there are

only two

love God

and each other

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and try live in peace

one planet

after all

one set of resources

one people

other species

ready to take over

should we fail

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eschew greed

its systems

destroy everyone

no one escapes

outside

its paradigm

anyone left

who escapes

theft and hoarding

is a victim

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is there a war

outside the Earth?

who knows

we’ll find out

no need to rehearse it

here

the war in heaven

or inside the cosmos

might be timed

to be our own

once we know

what it is

to have a world of joy

joyful accomplishment

practical

at peace

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accomplish these few things

and the world

among the worlds

has a chance

before

heaven’s disposition

and ending to its war

on our plain

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try joy

try pleasure without consequence

not an invention

a relative impossibility

but touch

the sacred

the proper and the wild

(chronos and kairos)

because the sacred’s there

and we may have it

even in

the smaller

simpler things

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and as a world

rise to affirm

the glory of the Lord

that we don’t make

but finds us

when we’re good

when we’re complete

when we’re sanctified

agreeing

that the better parts of heaven

should be explicit

on the Earth

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love God

love each other

that’s really all there is

these two

the starting point

the terminus

and all we need to know

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