Love Thy Neighbor IFF ... Another Poem From Hooda Helami

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Words without meaning

have you leaning

all ears to the speakers

—ditto for ten million seekers—

be they funny, soft, or loud

but uniting this crowd

with a brass band

in the palm of their hand

Your joy is reeling

to words with

only feeling

Words with meaning

have no worth

when a new movement

is given birth

"Love thy neighbor"

is boomed from

the top of a bus

"unless—of course—

he doesn't agree

with us"

"We'll give him a lift

IF and only iF

he'll ride on our bus"

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© HOODA HELAMI ©

Alter Ego #142857

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