FOOLS

oo“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church
00and gave himself up for her” —St. Paul

Are we all fools who sacrifice a life
00of self-absorbed excess;
00who acquiesce
0000to duty for a wife?
 
To assume we have a choice is just pretend
oosince men are helpless goats:
oowhen love emotes
oooowe find we’re cattle-penned
 
where hormones pique her soft yet nagging tone.
ooGive me my sofa and mug;
ooshe wants to hug
ooooand call my time her own.
 
St. Paul suggests submission ease the quarrel;
ooon this I quite agree—
ooof her to me.
oooo(Paul’s charge is clearly moral.)
 
But next—what seems a fool’s cure for strife:
ooI take the lesser perch
oolike Christ for his Church—
oooohe sacrificed a life. . .

THE OCCASIONAL FIRE

POEMS
Life Scroll
Spirit Wings
Death in the Family
Flight Chief
Legacy
Honeymoon Photo, October, 1939
49 Chevy
The Seed of Me
Land of Rest
On Allison's Leaving
Telecom's Bequest
Starbucks, Tuesday, 3:36 p.m.
Action Still
Vital Meaning
Fools

HYMNS
God will not let us go
The rising sun blazed out of night
Light! Light! A shattering light
Worship the Lord
As a doe

ABOUT MARK RHOADS