One man’s death
though somewhat cathartic
yet bringing the pain
the loss back to the forefront
One man’s death
hardly satisfying
no joy, no peace
not the end of evil
still stalking this earth
Love, more than ever
needed for healing
to bring us together
all the tribes, the nations
the peoples of this planet
crying out for freedom
crying out in hunger
wishing there was peace
May 4, 2011
Selected Shorts on NPR,
http://www.selectedshorts.org/
heard May 1, 2011
including The Death of Hector
from Homer’s The Iliad
http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=client_ymp&p=NPR_135893937.mp3%20
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/shorts/2011/may/01/
&
Death of Osama bin Laden
May 1, 2011
and remembering the al Qaeda terrorism of
September 11, 2011
&
sermon, “We Lawyers Are Good For Something”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2011/05/sermon-we-lawyers-are-good-for.html
based on Luke 10:25-37
by Raymond A. Foss, Esq.
July 15, 2007
Wesley United Methodist Church, Concord, NH
(with bulletin inserts of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda terrorists)
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