Michael Bray

Author of A Time To Kill

Tribute to Sabina

Sabina didn’t get its nameFrom that mistress of NeroSupplanted by a girl, Poppaea;No, she wasn’t playin’ the who’!Sabina was a saint, a martyrConverted by a girl, SerapiaRefusing to worship false gods.Well the judge turned her overTo some nasty Egyptian “lover”For to shame and humiliate herBack in year one-twenty-five A.D.A thing known as chastity and purityWas […]

Abort the Court!

Yes, the Court ruled athwart Allowing mothers to abortThe very gift God had given To enrich their daily living! O foolish men in robes Freeing women by the droves To butcher babies on a whim Even simply to stay trim! But justice will come soon And over every nation looms! What answer will you give? […]

Come, Let Us Reason Together

Is. 1:18f. “Come, let us reason together,” says the Lord“I got something for you to hear!Though your sins be as scarletI’m gonna make ’em white as snowTellin’ you, it’s a real good dealBetter than a hot free meal!But you gotta be good all day,Consent to do what I say.You gonna get the best food in […]

The Blood of the Babies on Your Hands

1 Sam. 1:15f. You got the blood of babies on your hands Spreading all over the lands. So when you lift them up in prayer, I must say, “How do you dare?” Those hands are lookin’ real red And all those babies are dead. Have you made yourself clean? With those murderers been mean? “Cease […]

So What Would You Been Doin’?

(Isaiah 1:4) So what you been doin’? Made your life a ruin? (“Offspring of evil doers”!) You’ve abandoned the Lord Like one who’s been bored Of doing that which is good, And so, like a piece of wood You’ll be pitched into the fire Since you lack that desire To live by the truth of […]

Cut a Swath With That Gas?

No need to cut a swath with that gas; None o’ that pride will last. Might be rippin’ real strong Impressin’ the simple in the throng, But in public you know it’s wrong! Try switchin’ up and singin’ a song; More folk will come along. You know you always got a new tune Everybody knows […]

Song of Solomon (8:6)

“Love is strong as deathJealousy as severe as Sheol,” So keep your temper cool And stay on solid soil. “Flashes like the flashes of fire”; Hellish is romantic desire! Control that flame of love; Chill out!  Take a tip from a dove: A little peck here; a little peck there. Then take leave of that […]

Playing the Tax Game

That which is due Caesar And what he thinks is due himself Are not necessarily the same. Got to play, you know, the tax game. Figure this; figure that like a rat Deduct this, deduct that Trying to outdo the tax man, Necessary that you have a good plan: Keep those records, but don’t lose […]

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