Seems to me that Jim James is being ironical. He's skewering our current president, George W. Bush. He's commenting on the admiration and devotion that many of Bush's followers heap on him because of his faith--that Bush is somehow annointed by God as our leader. James is mocking those folks as well as the president. His repetition of the word glory means something as well. He is slyly pointing out that Bush has always really been about glory and nothing meaningful or spiritual at all. Glory also starts with G, like the president's name. That may be another clue. I know that last bit's a stretch, but...who knows. I havent heard Jim James discuss his poetry much.
Seems to me that Jim James is being ironical. He's skewering our current president, George W. Bush. He's commenting on the admiration and devotion that many of Bush's followers heap on him because of his faith--that Bush is somehow annointed by God as our leader. James is mocking those folks as well as the president. His repetition of the word glory means something as well. He is slyly pointing out that Bush has always really been about glory and nothing meaningful or spiritual at all. Glory also starts with G, like the president's name. That may be another clue. I know that last bit's a stretch, but...who knows. I havent heard Jim James discuss his poetry much.