A:<\/b><\/p>\n
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Cool<\/p>\n
Calm<\/p>\n
Collected<\/p>\n
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Walk with perfect posture,<\/p>\n
Personality put out to pasture:<\/p>\n
Upright, uptight \u2013 aligned<\/p>\n
In perfect symmetry with<\/p>\n
The vertical ruler that is<\/p>\n
Necktie, but really Cravat:<\/p>\n
Blood flow stalled, passion<\/p>\n
Stifled, life suppressed, re-<\/p>\n
Pressed, vitality oppressed,<\/p>\n
Soul hard-pressed<\/p>\n
To find<\/p>\n
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Shoes tasseled (never tussled)<\/p>\n
Business hustled (never hassled)<\/p>\n
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Mind sharp as the pleats down the front of his trousers;<\/p>\n
Words smooth like the starched Egyptian cotton of his cuffs;<\/p>\n
Opinions triangulated and pointed, imitating his tabbed collars.<\/p>\n
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Not a hair misplaced atop his head;<\/p>\n
Nor an idea misplaced in it.<\/p>\n
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Asks the dumbwaiter:<\/p>\n
Would you like to order?<\/p>\n
Oh, but he already is.<\/p>\n
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Still, all around winds howl and<\/p>\n
A tempest is all the rage: screams<\/p>\n
Pierce the quiet night like a high-<\/p>\n
Caliber bullet meets soft flesh:<\/p>\n
Fluid upon initial contact, jagged<\/p>\n
On second glance, ripping straight<\/p>\n
Through the heart and unsettling<\/p>\n
There, lodging more than just a<\/p>\n
Complaint<\/p>\n
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A plague it is called, infectiously<\/p>\n
Creeping along an immune system<\/p>\n
That has long lost all its immunity<\/p>\n
(Immorality tends to do that).<\/p>\n
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Plagued by a world that disguises its maker,<\/p>\n
Plagued by a body that shrouds its soul,<\/p>\n
Plagued by actions that hide its purpose \u2013<\/p>\n
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A plague isn\u2019t (only) something biblical:<\/p>\n
A plague is a raging fire in a city made of<\/p>\n
Dry straw \u2013<\/p>\n
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And when things burn<\/p>\n
Cool<\/p>\n
Calm<\/p>\n
Collected<\/p>\n
Just ain\u2019t gonna cut it<\/p>\n
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Zeal:<\/b><\/p>\n
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When he zealously avenged Me<\/i><\/p>\n
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A world on fire: flames of falseness<\/p>\n
Spewing a very real heat and no warmth.<\/p>\n
Children blister to ash; sackcloth today\u2019s<\/p>\n
School uniform.<\/p>\n
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A world on fire \u2013 and the establishment has the<\/p>\n
Nerve to create a committee on fire, the OCPFQ<\/p>\n
(Organization of Committees Pro Fire Quenching)<\/p>\n
With initials and everything licensed by the CLOCI<\/p>\n
(Committee for Licensing Official Organization Initials)<\/p>\n
And a non-for-profit to boot, with board members driven<\/p>\n
In chauffeured stretches, a rather long stretch of the account<\/p>\n
Book and imagination to associate with a profitless dot.org<\/p>\n
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Bodies are burning \u2013 all that\u2019s needed are some souls to burn back:<\/p>\n
Zealots they are called, fanatics \u2013 simpletons fanatically dedicated<\/p>\n
To doing good, men and women zealously driven to helping others,<\/p>\n
Vim & Vigor:<\/p>\n
More verve than nerve,<\/p>\n
Fervor for a favor<\/p>\n
Vivacious<\/p>\n
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I give him My covenant of peace<\/i><\/p>\n
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But how to know when fanaticism is legit<\/p>\n
And not just, well, fanatical?<\/p>\n
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How to know when the zeal comes of peace?<\/p>\n
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It was after the plague<\/i><\/p>\n
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There are those who call themselves zealots, fanatics,<\/p>\n
Bacteria that perpetuate plagues, sickness and evil, preaching<\/p>\n
Death and hate because who can carve god into their<\/p>\n
Own image and likeness any better than a false mystic?<\/p>\n
Let us call these: Fanatics of Hate<\/p>\n
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Then there are fanatics, zealots, men who cause plagues to end,<\/p>\n
People who search inside their souls and find the purity of the<\/p>\n
Situation and will attack any falseness with a vengeance<\/p>\n
Let us call these: Fanatics of Love<\/p>\n
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From A to Z:<\/p>\n
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Truth permeates throughout,<\/p>\n
Not (just) when we want to be<\/p>\n
Zealous (then it\u2019s easy), but (even)<\/p>\n
When we don\u2019t want to, when it\u2019s<\/p>\n
Uncomfortable to stand for what is<\/p>\n
True and Divine.<\/p>\n
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From A to Zeal:<\/p>\n
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A plaguing situation?<\/p>\n
Zeal it with a kiss.<\/p>\n