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Recorded Reading (1:29): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qs8un691kaug6ub2az8ch/Peaceful-Man.mp3?rlkey=s4wlca95d5gltczpgrv2zlnor&st=yjy2rxmf&dl=0

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Peaceful Man

This world frenetic outward be ~
Pursue inner serenity

Deprived healthy nourishment of
We must give to ourselves that love
To solve all outer woes begin

Procedure is to go within

A peaceful man has not the need
Aught sense of dominance to feed,
Exclusively self serving, sith
He understands that ‘power with’
Works far better than ‘power over’
To have us all rolling in clover

A truth of all-redeeming love:
The military budget of
Our USA, strange to relate,
Could feed, house, clothe and educate
Every single person on
This planet that we live upon

The budgets other nations of
Might be spent on what we love
And all desire to have a part:
Recreation, beauty, art…

Then, monies for the private war
Waged on poverty before
Our watching eyes, so jaded get,
Might make things even better yet

Researching new technologies
Bringing all by slow degrees
To desirable rebirth
Of harmony with Mother Earth

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