T-SHIRTS I HAVE WORN IN LIFE
MAY REFLECT ME OR MY HOPES
SOME CHEER FOR WILDERNESS, CLEAR AIR, CLEAN WATERS
OTHERS FOR ECOLOGICAL CIVILIZATIONS WHICH MIGHT BECOME
T's I'VE PULLED OUT OF THE CLOSET
MEAN SOMETHING MORE TO ME NOW
THAN THEY ONCE DID
SOME T's SPEAK TO ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OTHERS TO INTERESTS AND ABILITY
SOME TO A LIFE LONG PROFESSION
HELPING OTHERS HELPING THEIR CUSTOMERS
CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND CLIENTS
SOME T-SHIRTS ARE SIMPLY, P-R-O-F-O-U-N-D!
SOME I HAVE NEVER WORN
AND INTEND TO NEVER WEAR, EVER
THOSE I HAVE WORN WERE EARNED
AND SHARED WITH MANY TEAMMATES
DRIVEN TO EXCEL
PERSPECTIVE IN LIFE IS KEY
SOME MORE THAN OTHERS
THANKSGIVING SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED TOO:
WHETHER A WONDERLAND IN THE WINTER
OR A PARADISE IN THE SUMMER,
HOME IS ALWAYS HOME
AND LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT
SOME SHIRTS WERE HARD TO FIGURE OUT
BECAUSE SO MANY THINGS NEED MINDING
THAN THERE ARE THOSE SHIRTS
I WOULD PROUDLY WEAR
HAVING MET GOD-SENT MIRACLES
IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE
THIS SHIRT ALWAYS WAS HARD TO WEAR;
I SUSPECT OTHERS FEEL THE SAME
IN LIFE THERE ARE MANY BANNERS TO
BEAR AND WAVE; LET'S DO THESE TOGETHER
ALWAYS, ALWAYS REMEMBER:
EQUALITY IS ALWAYS GREATER THAN DIVISION;
AS IS DIVERSITY OVER MONOCULTURES
POLITICS IS ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING
BUT TOO MANY BELIEVE IT TO BE
A FORGOTTEN PRINCIPLE EXCISED
OVER FORGOTTEN PEOPLE
SOME T-SHIRTS JUST SPEAK TRUTH!
OTHERS TO THE EXISTENTIAL CONDITION OF MAN
NOT ENOUGH SHIRTS SHOUT THE NECESSARY,
THE NEEDED, THE MUST DO'S IN ALL THINGS
THAT IN ALL THINGS
WE ARE LOVED
AND ARE TO LOVE
IF RELIGIONS TAUGHT LOVE
WE WOULD NOT NEED RELIGION
AND WHEN I COME HOME AT NIGHT
FROM MY SEPARATE JOURNIES
I REMEMBER WHY I WORE ALL THE SHIRTS
WHICH I HAD WORN OVER A LIFETIME...
TO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION
TO CHOOSE THEIR SHIRTS WISELY
AND IN THE WEARING, WEAR THEM WELL.
R.E. Slater
November 24, 2021
