By Miles Patrick Yohnke
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Broken fragments of what we were.
One climbs out from their bed of black,
Found in the city of death.
An unknown nobody is whom we feel.
The burden of our own self can feel like a monster
And not just a monkey on our back.
The madness numbs us in ways we could never had imagined
And yet yesterday one was loaded with care.
Like the choice of choosing whether to walk on the sunny side
Or upon the side of the shadows.
This is the beauty of the mind. Your mind. Our minds.
The blessings of the living and for your life. Our lives.
Amen? Amen.
To listen to 'Richard Thompson - God Loves A Drunk' - a powerful 5-minute song, please click here.
Miles Patrick Yohnke (age 54) photograph by Jenn Diehl for Ensoul Imagery.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Subject: Can I Get An Amen?
Release Date: Aug 5, 2022
In my 1-minute poem: "Can I Get an Amen?" I explore the mind. I use counterpoint to address it. At the bottom of the poem, you'll find a powerful 5-minute song: "God Loves a Drunk" by Richard Thompson. He also uses counterpoint to deliver his message. I'd like to thank Jenn Diehl for the two photographs that appear on the page. I have received feedback that it is poor use of photo shop. Those people missed the point on what Jenn
Diehl was executing. She wasn't trying to capture realism. Those brush marks are in there for a reason. She was working with the mural painting…