Today’s prompt is a two-fer: deal and/or no deal.
It’s been a slow and steady shift,
this drift from principles to politics,
from generous to partisan,
from open heart to closed fist.
When did we begin the slide
from “love your neighbor” to
“protect our borders”?
Did anyone weigh the choices,
name the changes as they came?
Did we all just follow orders?
Sometimes the Devil’s Deal
is not so much a handshake,
quick and dirty on the spot,
but something far more outdrawn,
though no less disingenuous,
no less overwrought.
Gratitude List:
1. Sunshine
2. Chipping sparrows
3. Song sparrows
4. Clouds in blue sky
5. The patterns of tree branches against the sky.
May we walk in Beauty!
Mockingbird Chronicles 