Moral Mondays
9/2/15
The church folk are gathering on Mondays now.
Have you seen them?
Marching through downtown,
Linking arms outside the Board of Trade to block the entrances,
Shutting down business as usual,
Like Jesus throwing over the money table in the temple.
They are chanting:
Love thy neighbor as thyself,
Tax the rich and share the wealth!
(Pretty straightforward, no?)
What I like is how things look different today
on LaSalle and Jackson –
At the feet of the Federal Reserve Bank,
thousands are singing, chanting, & holding signs.
There is even a sousaphone!
That’s not something you see every day – not yet.
Some things, though, remain the same.
Frank is still outside Garret’s Popcorn in his walker,
panhandling for his lunch.
And the evangelists are still on the corner
(though no one seems to notice),
with their sign that reads:
What does the Bible really teach?
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