Happy MLK Day

Happy MLK Day! In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. here's a rhyme inspired by MLK quotes. There are at least 6 lines in this verse that are direct paraphrases of MLK quotes. Identify all 6 lines and win 3 months free access to my patreon community.

For my friends in education. Consider inviting your students to cross reference this verse (lyrics below) with MLK quotes cited here. 

Yo Love is more musical than

mathematical | Love is more

supernatural than mechanical |

Love is not automatic | Love is

manual | Love is great friends

with gratitude | Love is not

rational | it is certainly

radical | Forgiveness isn't

occasional it's a permanent

attitude | like holding on to

hope as the whole world passes

you | just ask the day laborers

on the avenue | we can either

learn to cherish each other as

jewels or we could choose to

perish together as fools. |

The the truth is a treasure,

not a tool, | a fuse that one

too many refuse because of

various views | Unmoved by the

warnings on the news | Much

more concerned with the

warming of the pews, | the

ignoring of the cues | while

abhorring the accused | Taking

the first step should never

be a rare case. |

Faith is moving without seeing

a staircase | at a fair

pace | where you alone can go |

from the mountain of despair

to hew a stone of hope. |

If the quiet prior to riot is

hurt unheard | then love is to

listen even without one word |

so much to say it might seem

absurd | but to draw in the sand

says more than you can with

a whole crowd, mouths loud as

thunder. |

Unencumbered, I arrive

at my appointments |

with infinite hope

and finite disappointments.