On Mercy and Justice

Michael Peach

It’s true that mercy is divine,
And seasons justice (as spice wine);
But know, keen Christian, Jesus saw
Sans penance, mercy’s sinners’ whore.

Jerusalem
3 May 2004

Without that Muse who once did him inspire, When he

Palistrael, the Anima and Soul Could Armageddon thwart And men

Some thirteen years ago a hell-bent horde Of bearded Yankee

The truth’s now clear, and duly shocks me: Israel’s America’s

The truth’s now clear, and duly shocks me:Israel’s America’s sacred

Because King Donald the Election won,The Tenth Crusade has finally