“False weights and unequal measures— the Lord detests double standards of every kind.” Proverbs 20:10 (NLT)

Consider proportionality.
Golden rule and mean alike.

(Do this all the time, pastor:
if you’d read the words in red,
gauged their scale and ratio.
you’d rebuke gluttony,
find no time to censure
what is patient and kind
what endures all things.
Yes, even your clanging.)

When our dead lie in repose,
now’s not the time to proselytize.
Spare us, this day, the real estate pitch:
open concept mansions–great location.

Preacher, conjure and animate
summon their voice, their laughter
invoke their footfall in this room
bewitch their fingers in our palms.