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The Great Man
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By Louis Gander
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The Great Man

How big is the ocean?
How tall is the sail?
How big is the clipper?
How tall is the tale?
 
How big is the great man?
How tall is his pride?
How big is his ego
that flows from inside?
 
How loud is his boasting?
How loud is his horn?
How loud is his bragging,
yet quiet, our scorn?
 
How many, a promise?
How many times said?
How many believe him?
How many mislead?
 
Oh, where hides the shyness
and where hides the man -
when big man is lessened
as when he began?
 
How short is the thistle
and shorter, the thorn -
but great is the torment
when foot's skin is torn?
 
Transparent, his actions,
transparent, each thought -
and God does not 'know' him
because he was bought;
 
First by the minute,
Then by a smell -
of fire and brimstone,
by Devil in hell.
 
Exposed is the thistle.
Exposed is the gloom.
He's naked as baby
right out of the womb.
 
How fake were his pledges?
How fake was his stride?
How fake was his swagger
before he had died?
 
Does God see the motive?
Does God look within?
Does God judge the great man
when God knows his sin?
 
Beware of the ego.
Beware of the pride.
Beware of temptations
in life's fleeting ride.
 
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Matthew 7:21-23 (KJV)
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

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Submitted: Sunday, February 11, 2018

Last Updated: Sunday, February 11, 2018

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Born in Richland Center, Wisconsin in 1954. It's the poem's message that matters- not the poet.

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