DECEPTION OF TRUTH
(originally published in “In Mammon We Trust”)
By Al Staggs
Truth lies hidden
beneath mountains of words,
doctrines, beliefs and lifestyles
that obliquely prevent the practice
of compassion and justice
in this “land of opportunity.”
Our nation’s politicians and political policies
are bought and sold on the market.
Violence against the poor and middle class
is most insidious and cruel in the halls of Congress
where our elected officials prostitute themselves
to the highest bidders while the poor cannot find an advocate
who is rich enough to buy a voice in the nation’s capital.
Truth lies hidden beneath a façade of religiosity
in this very Christian land where churches worship
faithfully and impressively each weekend
while sponsoring a few mission projects
and giving alms to a few of the poor,
though not working to effect any change
in the political and economic structure that breeds our poor.
God is praised and the poor are forgotten.
Blasphemy is rampant in our congregations.
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord!
