manifest latency

Pentecost +20 - Year C

a leader says
you are leprous
begone
only silky skinned
need apply

a leader says
you are leprous
return
every burlaped skin
is needed

a leader says
my power
depends on your
disappearance
from earth

a leader says
my power
depends on your
voluntary presence
and yours

a leader says
support me or else
exile unending
will be our fate
your fault

a leader says
support one another
where you are
change will come
welfare blossom

a leader says
praise me
early and late
neverending
fearless leader

a leader says
remember who you are
what has happened
how everyone
can play their part

a leader says
no wrangling
here's the way
only one way
understand

a leader says
do your best
tell your truth
hear another's
go ahead

a leader says
dreams are dangerous
they go beyond
my control
into chaos

a leader says
dreams are delightful
they bring tomorrow
to better today
from its dark deep

a leader says
a leader says
and between the two
death and life
chosen by you