My Book of Lamentations 

I tried to set the world on fire

Teaming up with those that inspire

Cronkite, John Paul, Rabbi Schneerson

But I only burned number one

God sent St Catherine to me

To look closely at the world God sees

And develop plans to correct what went wrong

In action, poetry, and song

Elizabeth was St Catherine in Time

Highway corruption was our first sign

Many adventures came our way

But failures piled up by the end of the day

Imam W. D. Mohammed came to me

And we spoke about interfaith Harmony

Muslims came from Far and Wide

But Charleston chose to turn a blind eye

“W” was his father’s son

I told him for President he should run

But he responded “No Way”

But eventually entered the political fray

Christoper Ruddy asked me to protect 

Him on his adventure to intersect

The Clintons and Vince Foster’s suicide

Shortly in Arkansas, we arrived

His credit cards had expired

In his journalist effort, his credit was mired

So my credit Card his adventure revived 

Now he’s wealthy while I just survive

The Governor declared a month of Interfaith 

A time to reflect, reconnect, and retrace

Roots, feuds, and declare one race

Hoping to open a very new place

But as Ambassador to the United Nations

I quickly lost my hope and my patience.

She ignored my calls, our ideas, and her faith

And quickly disappeared into a  political place 

John Paul 2 asked me 

To help celebrate Jesus’s Jubilee

The request came through Michael Fitzgerald

But only two local clergy agreed to Herald

The Rebbe and I talked in Crown Heights

And agreed to continue a holy fight

So i published Angels on the Bridge

And saw it disintegrate over life’s ridge 

As i sit depressed at 71

Most of my heroes are dead and gone

Nothing’s changed or been undone

We lost and evil won

For now!