Monday, July 11, 2022

Fruits of iniquity

Haiku of shame


Amos; more judgement.

The fruits of iniquity

reveal rottenness.


Contemporary.

The rich trample the needy,

the poor are ruined.


Fundamentalists

who say they love the scriptures

ignore these verses.


Wait ‘til Sunday’s past

to get back to the business

of cheating the poor.


Buying the needy

for the price of sandals, and

the poor for silver.


Justify your greed;

decry the poor as lazy,

unblessed, unworthy.


Convince the needy

that you know what’s best for them;

they might vote for you!


The sky will be dark;

your songs will become laments

of bitter sorrow


A famine descends,

not of bread or of water,

but of hearing God.


It is upon us,

this famine of God’s good word.

Just a few will hear.


© Ken Rookes 2022

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