Revolutionary Change

The Earth is falling down on us:
Earthquakes in California,
New Dow chemical for corn and soy bean crops,
Using chemicals in Agent Orange in Vietnam.
All many of the poor want
Is to have a working stove and refrigerator
And a house free from bed bugs.
We could provide everyone in need of basic appliance or new beds
With less money than it cost to build a new Thrift store in suburbs,
Where it is not needed, with money belonging to poor.
Earthquakes are nature made, or so we now think,
While deadly chemicals, rental units without stoves and refrigerators
And beg bug infestations going wild are human made tragedies.
Maybe we cannot stop the money of Dow chemical form making these deadly chemicals
But with about a million dollars we can create a “Sustainable Works of Mercy” fund
To provide stoves, refrigerators and beds for all those in need.
Also the people of the city can declare a war on bed bugs and greedy landlords.
With my wife or friend and I have made 10 home visits to people in need the last few days
And tomorrow will make four or five more.
Providing a bed for a child to sleep on
Or a stove or refrigerator for a mother to prepare healthy food.
These are Work of Mercy that can provide more social change than any thrift store in the suburbs?
Or petitions against Dow chemical company.
These Works of Mercy make Kingdom Come on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Now that is what we call real “revolutionary change.”

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