eighty-four percent
it’s any morning or afternoon
or evening
worshipers gathering where they will
like thespians on a stage
performing acts of contrition
chants and meditations
spiritually decoding their past
evolution is quite remarkable
if you take the time to study
movements germinating and
bursting onto the scene
generating marvelous successes
and even greater failures
but any day comes and any day goes
for violence and destruction
do not pause
(oh no not for any faith)
and there will be much lamenting to endure
privately and on the streets
every single day of the week
there is a quiet place in the library
where google will tell you
eighty-four percent of the world
identifies with peaceful religions
be careful where you clique
july two thousand sixteen
copyright j matthew waters
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