ALL OF US

SOME OF US ARE TIRED

AND SOME OF US ARE OLD

SOME OF US ARE HEATED

AND SOME OF US ARE COLD

SOME OF US ARE DOWN AND OUT

AND SOME OF US ARE HIGH

SOME OF US WILL LIVE FOREVER

AND SOME OF US WILL DIE

SOME OF US ARE LONELY

AND SOME OF US ARE GLAD

SOME OF US ARE HAPPY CHILDREN

AND SOME OF US ARE MAD

SOME OF US ARE MARRIED

AND SOME OF US, ALONE

SOME OF US LIVE IN FINE HOUSES

AND SOME, WE HAVE NO HOME

SOME OF US ARE BUSY BEES

AND SOME OF US LOVE SLEEP

SOME OF US ARE SHALLOW PONDS

AND SOME OF US ARE DEEP

SOME OF US ARE MIGHTY MEN

AND SOME OF US ARE WIMPS

SOME OF US GIVE ALL WE'VE GOT

AND SOME OF US JUST SKIMP

SOME OF US GO HUNGRY

AND SOME, WE EAT TOO MUCH

SOME OF US TOUCH EVERYONE

AND SOME CRAVE NO ONE'S TOUCH

SOME OF US ARE PASSIONATE

AND SOME OF US ARE MEEK

SOME OF US ARE BOLD AS LIONS

AND SOME OF US ARE WEAK

SOME OF US ARE RICH IN GOLD

AND SOME OF US ARE POOR

SOME OF US ARE WELCOMED IN

AND SOME ARE SHOWN THE DOOR

SOME OF US ARE CELEBRITIES

AND SOME OF US SHUN FAME

SOME OF US ARE NEVER KNOWN

AND SOME ARE KNOWN BY NAME

SOME OF US ARE WRETCHED, WICKED

AND SOME OF US ARE KIND

SOME OF US ARE KNOWN FOR BODY

AND SOME OF US FOR MIND

SOME OF US ARE BLACK AND WHITE

AND SOME, YELLOW AND BROWN

SOME OF US FIT IN SQUARE PEGS

AND SOME OF US IN ROUND

SOME OF US LOVE JESUS

AND SOME OF US DON'T CARE

SOME OF US SEE HIS LIGHT SHINING

AND FOR SOME, THERE'S NOTHING THERE

SOME OF US ARE EVIL

AND SOME OF US ARE GOOD

SOME OF US HOARD ALL WE GET

AND SOME SHARE ALL OUR FOOD

SOME OF US WILL LOSE OUR WAY

AND SOME WILL FIND THE TRUTH

SOME OF US WILL BE BORN OLD

AND SOME WILL CONTINUE IN YOUTH

SOME OF US WILL REAP IN JOY

AND SOME WILL SOW IN TEARS

SOME OF US WILL HEROES BE

AND SOME WILL RUN FROM FEARS

SOME OF US WILL KNOW TRUE GLORY

AND SOME WILL THROW IT AWAY

SOME OF US WILL BE USHERED IN

AND SOME OF US WILL BE TURNED AWAY

SOME OF US OF THE RACE OF MEN

WILL LIVE OUR LIVES FOR GAIN

AND SOME OF US WILL SUFFER LACK

AND LIVE OUR LIVES IN PAIN

BUT ALL OF US ON PLANET EARTH

FROM ANCIENT DAYS TILL THEN

FROM BIRTH TO DEATH AND ALL BETWEEN

HAVE KNOWN THE TOUCH OF SIN

AND ALL OF US, FEMALE AND MALE

AND YOUNG AND OLD, ALIKE

AND JEW AND GREEK AND SLAVE AND FREE

AND SKIN OF BLACK AND WHITE

AND RICH AND POOR

AND COLD AND HOT

AND TIRED AND TOUGH AND HARD

WE, ALL OF US, THE MEEK AND MIGHTY

WE'RE ALL LOVED BY THE LORD.

END

by Rhonda Jackson

March 25, 2002 Midnight

 

DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE

THE DEVIL IS THE BIGGEST LIAR THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN

HE TRIES TO CONVINCE US THAT THE RED HOT OF HELL IS IN REALITY, EDEN SO GREEN

A MASTER OF ILLUSION, A CON OF FIRST DEGREE

HE HAS NO POWER, HE HAS NO STRENGTH, BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SEE.

HE GOES ABOUT AS A ROARING LION, INSIDE HE'S JUST A RAT

HE SCARES THE FOOLISH OUT OF THEIR WITS BUT RUNS FROM A BOLD CHRISTIAN CAT

HE COMES IN LIKE A FLASHING FLOOD ALTHOUGH HE'S JUST A TRICKLE

AND MAKES THE WORLD THINK THAT HE'S A RICH KING WHEN IN TRUTH HE AINT WORTH A NICKEL.

BUT SOME OF US ARE ONTO HIM, WE BUY HIS TRICKS NO MORE

WE DON'T READ HIS BOOKS OR DIG HIS LOOKS AND WE IMMEDIATELY SHOW HIM THE DOOR

HE FEEDS THE WORLD HIS DEVIL FOOD, THEY BUY IT BY THE TON

THEY THINK HE'S CUTE IN HIS LITTLE RED SUIT, NO THREAT TO ANYONE.

"GIVE YOUR KIDS THE DEVIL!" THEY SAY AS THEY SELL US THEIR GOODS ON T.V.

DEVILICIOUS THEY CALL IT AND GRIN AS THEY EAT IT BUT YOU'LL NEVER SELL THAT STUFF TO ME!

I NEVER ATE A DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE, I NEVER LIKED THE NAME

OR DEVILED EGGS OR DEVILED HAM OR PLAYED THAT DEVIL'S GAME

I NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT WAS CUTE THE CARTOON WAY THEY PAINT HIM

WITH FORK AND TAIL AND SILLY GRIN. I'M HEAR TO SAY THAT AINT HIM.

OL' RATFACE THINKS HE'S REALLY SMART, HE THINKS HE'S GOT US FOOLED

HALF OF THE WORLD THINKS THAT HE DON'T EXIST AND THE OTHER HALF THINKS THAT HE'S COOL

BUT I GOT NEWS FOR MR. LUCE, SOMEDAY HIS LIGHTS WILL DIM

AND ALL THE TRICKS HE EVER PLAYED WILL BE PLAYED BACK ON HIM.

IS THIS THE ONE WE FEARED AND HONORED, THE WORLD WILL ASK IN DISGUST

IS THIS OUR KING, THIS PITIFUL THING, CRAWLING IN THE DUST?

NO MAGIC THEN CAN SAVE HIM, NO MERCY WILL BE SHOWN

IN TORMENT OF HELL THAT DUDE WILL DWELL AND FINALLY LEAVE US ALONE.

AND ALL I ASK IS JUST ONE THING, THE HEIGHT OF MY DESIRE

IS TO LIGHT THE MATCH TO IGNITE THE BLAZE UPON THE LAKE OF FIRE!

AND HE WON'T THINK IT FUNNY THEN, I'M SURE HE'LL PROBABLY CRY

AND HELL WILL LOOK LIKE BURGER KING AND SATAN, A GREASY FRENCH FRY.

HE THOUGHT IT CUTE TO INSPIRE SOME KOOK TO NAME FOOD AFTER HIMSELF

BUT HE WON'T LAUGH WHEN HE SEES JESUS GET THAT CAKE PAN DOWN FROM THE SHELF

WE'LL MAKE US A BATTER AND SETTLE THE MATTER AND GET OUR REVENGE ON THAT RAKE

AND HEAD CHEF I'LL BE, OH, MY EYES LONG TO SEE

WHEN WE BAKE A REAL DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE!!

by Rhonda  Jackson

July 14, 1983 2-2:45 a.m.