Render Not
It’s All Good in the Spiritual Hood

I render not in supposition
Nor in the soliloquy of one’s bold daring
Nor monologue in its stirrings
But across the ages
Like some ancient Persian
In conquest of Rome’s vestal virgins
Lost in youthful diatribes
But be gentle in reflective tones
Hence not from this time forth
Set the compass for true north
To seek solace in the refuge
Of the wretched and the poor
Be ready honed on equal thrones
Be it in…