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Author of A Time to Kill.
Salvation
Surrounded by Foxy Fonicatrices
Sometimes a fellow’s in a crises Surrounded by foxy fornicatrices. Got to buck up and hold the line; Find some lesser babes with whom to dine. Or just hang out with some “dudes” Who can help you cope with those moods. Whatever you do, got to stick with the right And avoid those demons of […]
michaelbray
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Come, Let Us Reason Together
Is. 1:18f. “Come, let us reason together,” says the Lord“I got something for you to hear!Though your sins be as scarletI’m gonna make ’em white as snowTellin’ you, it’s a real good dealBetter than a hot free meal!But you gotta be good all day,Consent to do what I say.You gonna get the best food in […]
michaelbray
Feb 21, 20221 min read
Risen From the Dead
Risen from the dead, His glory unfurled, Gonna come back Judgin’ the world. Might be done with you! What you gonna do? Get yo’ shit together right quick Done with those deeds that make Him sick! Onward, then, on that path! On Him He poured out that wrath, So you could make an escape. Must […]
michaelbray
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Jesus, the Best Psychotherapist
Jesus, the best psychotherapist. Yeah, the Healer He is of souls! Bring on that healin’ – that therapy Got to have some of that right now! I said bring it to me no matter how! Can’t wait ’til after a while. Bring to my soul and my brain; Don’t matter what kind o’ pain. Talkin’ […]
michaelbray
Feb 11, 20221 min read
Lookin’ Out on that Snow
Lookin’ out on that sparklin’ snow I say the Lord is pretty cool. He shines His light real bright All day long and then brings the night For us to hide or rest in the delight That all we need He can provide And take us well over that divide To that place way on […]
michaelbray
Feb 8, 20221 min read
Some Good Nazis
Certainly there were. Similarly, we might say today that we know some good people who support “abortion rights,” even though we regard such a deed as the murderous, blasphemous, holocaustic slaughter of innocents. We confess that we know folks on that “other side” who are otherwise fine people. So, again, there were some good Nazis […]
michaelbray
Feb 8, 20221 min read
Song of Solomon 3:6f. (Poetized)
Like “columns of smoke perfumed with myrrh” Came Solomon down the road With all the scented powders of a merchant, A traveling coach of sixty men around. (7) O what a mighty fine sight it was: All eyes upon him! What’s the buzz?” The men were all “”wielders of the sword”; (8) Guarded against terrors! […]
michaelbray
Feb 8, 20221 min read
Quite a Girl
She is, yes, quite a girl, A respectable husbander, But finding no one worthy She keeps about her duty Chasing those wicked fellows, Working with the FBI. Truth be told, she gave it a try, But sometimes the how and why Don’t line up with a special guy. Life goes on and no stranger Than […]
michaelbray
Feb 8, 20221 min read
Divorce? No!!
An “exesis” ’twas called by the Greeks; “Divorce” they call it in America When a husband or wife calls it quits Givin’ up that fun with those tits. Have divorcing folks lost their wits? Want to bust up a holy matrimony? Toss it out like a piece of bad baloney? Got to buck up and […]
michaelbray
Feb 8, 20221 min read
Those Nasty Products of the Fall
Heart issues comin’ down From the maternal side And brain issues from the paternal Here and there comin’ diurnal: Those nasty products of the Fall. Oh, Adam done wrong to us all! Got a grievance to bring to the Lord (You know He’s got to be bored! That whinin’ and cryin’ every day From humans […]
michaelbray
Feb 5, 20221 min read
Unwanted Toys
Thanks be to God for the lack Of reproduction among those hacks Who renounce that life of the unborn And prefer that he be torn From a woman on her back Suffering under terrible lies: That a baby’s worth is a matter of size! Let them contracept themselves away! The fewer of them in the […]
michaelbray
Feb 4, 20221 min read
Pater Familias Paraphernalia
Pater familias paraphernalia Is a problem in our house: Dad likes to save mementos: Mom likes to throw them out! Everyone’s got his “thing” to do: Some like to work, some like to chew And don’t know just what to do. We, each, have a plan; Can’t just sit, (You understand!): Some like to write, […]
michaelbray
Feb 3, 20221 min read
The Resurrection of the Body to Come
As the flesh wanes and we lose our strength, we may think upon the words of Tertullian. Our flesh, indeed, will rise. It will be reconstructed, indeed resurrected from the ground or sea or dust on the moon (post 20th century!) He writes in book book V, chapter 10 of his treatise “Against Marcion” he […]
michaelbray
Feb 2, 20222 min read
The Devil
Devil keeps thrashing at the Church, Cutting off a leg here, an arm there, But never quite getting that blow, The lethal one to the neck! He just can’t seem to get there. O but relentless he tries and lies To himself and everyone, and he cries: “I’ll cut your throat! I’ll kill you!” But […]
michaelbray
Feb 2, 20221 min read
Liberals and Muslims
Liberals and Muslims cohere! I know it sounds kind o’ queer, But they both reject the King Doin’ the same kind o’ thing. Talking ’bout the Law without God, The True One who gave the Big Ten! Came down and for His people died, Not easy; He was crucified! That One is not their God, […]
michaelbray
Feb 1, 20221 min read
Not a Regular Trooper
Now, if I were a trooper, Not a regular pooper, I’d want my life to count! Not a run-o’-the-mill guy; I can tell you why: Bought by the One who had to die When the Father sent Him down; Had to give up that crown. So I give up mine just the same; It’s not […]
michaelbray
Jan 31, 20221 min read
Was an Abortuary
Was an abortuary down the road While he was kickin’ against the goad Not sure just what it was He was livin’ for. Well he gave it a think, Didn’t need to take a drink; He could blow it up While clean and sober. So grabbed a rock or two Didn’t have time to stew […]
michaelbray
Jan 31, 20221 min read
“You Might Be a Dope”
You might be a dope And just need a rope ‘Round your neck to give a scare. ‘T’s what it takes sometimes before we care ‘Bout what is right and what is good For us and our neighborhood. You might be a fool Who thinks he’s cool To do his own stupid thing And everybody’s […]
michaelbray
Jan 31, 20221 min read
“Fanataborts” in Prose
(A Desperate Situation) So it seemed, to the dominant party in Germany back in the days of the Holocaust, were those who were resisting the power and authority of the Reich to purge the nation of “rats.” Those Jews were a drag upon the lives of the progressive German people – men and women! The […]
michaelbray
Jan 28, 20221 min read
How to Control Those Boys!
(2 Chron. 33:11f.) How to control those boys? Got to put a ring in that nose (11) Bind ’em with bronze chains (Manasseh kind of lost his brains!) Re-established that pagan worship That King Hezekiah had destroyed; (3) Worshiped those idols to be buoyed. So he prayed to the Lord in his distress (12) Wanted […]
michaelbray
Jan 28, 20221 min read
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