government

(x = space)

Today in Washington, (a) District of Columbia

Huge aid

For Ukraine

And for Israel

Sits still in Congress

While Republicans

Look under seats

Wherever

For a

Speaker

While the

Democrat

Gets more votes

For candidates

If not

(but yet)

Procedure’s

Righteousness

Ironies

Within

The government’s three houses

While we wait

(who put them there)

For something

Most likely too partisan-extreme

To happen

C L Couch

wars for many are not partisan but human and humanitarianism; save lives, feed people, fix their wounds; that’s a side perhaps but undivided by our race, our minds and hearts and spirits, all other differences aside; save lives, feed people, fix their wounds, our wounds—build a society, healed

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Dream a Little Dream

Our DACA children

Not their fault

They are busy being children

That is their job

It’s our fault

It’s the fault of Congress

The fault of ICE for

Their current directive

It’s the fault of parents, even though

They are being parents, doing

What parents do

Bear children

And rear them

Why can’t the children stay

And what must split the family

Small, complete citizens have

Entitlement

The same as you or I

Immigrants all

Except for maybe woolly mammoths

What is there

To catch someone at—parents

For having children

Here

Was that a stratagem, maybe

For some

Is that enough for cynicism

A rationale for trading

On children

They are the future, yes

More importantly, they are the

Present

They are today

And we are judged

Judging them

Dreamers allow children America

C L Couch

http://www.bread.org/blog/prayer-dreamers

God of all,

We struggle to welcome those we don’t know to join our communities.
Please guide our actions so we may be a reflection of your love.

We struggle to find common ground with those who are from different places and have different customs.
Please guide our words so we speak with charity and hospitality.

We struggle to remember our own times of transition and uncertainty.
Please send your Holy Spirit to challenge our assumptions.

May we continue to seek new ways to find you in our lives.
May we Share the Journey with one another, every day. We ask all this in your holy name, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.