she said

she said, "love is a human right." and then she made coffee.
she said even skeptics can dream, and then she made the bed.
she said the world is a small place growing smaller everyday, and then she painted
he nails this deep forrest green.
she sang and danced when the President was elected and then she wanted
a pint of Guiness and a ciagarette.

she yawned when 30,000 troops flew in a Lear Jet to Central Asia
and then she cried...

she jumped into the pool on that hot day back in June after
the Art Fair and then she smoked a joint.

she walked barefoot across the lava of the White House lawn and
protested the travesty of justice in
"Gitmo."

she wore a rainbow bracelet in October and fell in love
with her girlfriend by November.
she said that now she knew why love
was a religious experience.
 i asked her how she prayed.

she said the personal  stays personal and
that too is a human right..

Human Rights, How Much is It Worth?

Today we breathe and sigh once more, did the miracle happen?
How can we be sure? How can our skeptical loose cannon wit aim
for a vapor, a whisp of subjectivity and a smug shrug of :
"So who pays for it?"and is it worth it? How much then oh
all ye exalted ones who sit on most high
How much is worth to find the hidden cancer of
an American with no money before
they die? How much is it worth to make sure
all children and adults can read and write?
Wouldn't it be cheaper if
people did not exist?

And all ye who sit so safe and secure
at the right hand of the most high
how much is it worth to train an unemployed
auto worker who probably lives or did live
in Michigan? How much is it worth to give
Doctors a fair shake to give school kids promised
a future something more than a fart
in the wind? Maybe it would be cheaper if
people did not exist?

Maybe it would be cheaper if
there were no Bills, no evil boogie bad guy allegories no
topsy turvy rollercoaster lullaby reasons recalling our
fear and nightmares when our towers
fell and we needed a hero to save us from
the heathen darkness. But
how much is a world without fear worth?
A world without "Truth" spelled with a Capital "T"
and conformity was more than a stock
option or a billionaire's boy's club bailout?

Really

What would the cost actually be if
Human Rights were no longer this year's hot
debate resolution and became
almost as if by magic something as simple
as
breathing?

Oh all ye exalted ones who sit
at the right hand of the most high,
I was once sitting in the seat you have grown
so comfortable in and I
know that for
those who sit at the right hand of
any divinity
pride does indeed cometh
before the fall.

Did the miracle happen?