if Earth's crammed with heaven,
my public library may be a beatific vision
an everlasting pillar of social good
which transcends capital greed
loving my neighbor
and the neighbor I'll never know
and the neighbors gone before me
the gay bar downtown might too be a slice of something holy
a place of Midwestern repose
filled with a spirit of revolutionary, radical love
What would Jesus do?
don't forget to tip your queens
and don't forget to break bread with the other
my university's English department certainly seems divine
with liberal arts professors like saints
the academia militant
a clear path towards edification
maybe even a touch of proselytizing
all in the name of something undeniably sacred
gardens, enchanted woods, and unfettered wilderness
all God-filled in their own right,
but too the fettered, man-made spaces
the decidedly human: empyrean
Apr 14, 2025
Apr 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM UTC
if Earth's crammed with heaven,
my public library may be a beatific vision
an everlasting pillar of social good
which transcends capital greed
loving my neighbor
and the neighbor I'll never know
and the neighbors gone before me
the gay bar downtown might too be a slice of something holy
a place of Midwestern repose
filled with a spirit of revolutionary, radical love
What would Jesus do?
don't forget to tip your queens
and don't forget to break bread with the other
my university's English department certainly seems divine
with liberal arts professors like saints
the academia militant
a clear path towards edification
maybe even a touch of proselytizing
all in the name of something undeniably sacred
gardens, enchanted woods, and unfettered wilderness
all God-filled in their own right,
but too the fettered, man-made spaces
the decidedly human: empyrean
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