Cornerstone
I pass copies out of my drawings
with scriptures on the back
to people who are willing
to take a chance
they look and ponder to what it means
to them and theirs
I left a stack of new Bibles
on the busy corner
with a stone on top
returning the next day
to see what remained
they were all gone
and I hoped they would be read
later
I was arrested
for littering
cuffed
and walked to the police car
I got in
with one last look out to the city
as smoke rose in the distance….
Was it a riot for justice
or none of my business?
Stephen Jarrell Williams loves to stay up all night and write with lightning bolts until they fizzle down behind the dark horizon. He was the editor of Dead Snakes, UFO gigolo, and Calvary Cross. He can be found on Twitter @papapoet.
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