Little things that might bring us to a round table

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I can appreciate a psalm // though "I abhor the Christian right" // I used to smoke heavily // though "I abhor Big Tobacco"// Disease is a great equaliser // I cannot walk past the panhandlers and not see victims of war// The sky is blue // I walk outside to touch your face // you are standing in a quiet field dreaming of flight // above human politics // an airborne mystic // "Empathy" // how might I forgive the ugliness of violence // how might I see in it burning trees // that night desire toppled cities