Respectability

poem by: Chris Newman
Written on Apr 27, 2018

“I'm a piece of respectability 
Here's my place in the system”
Have a look and see
If there is any higher than I am
The men have had their say
Now they lie in the dust
But the Word of our God endures forever

 

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