Saturday, February 14, 2015
What kind of gun would Jesus have carried?
What kind of gun would Jesus have carried?
How was he armed when he told those at Galilee’s side
Drenched and stinking of fish
“Pick up your guns and follow me”
And later they rode into the city
Guns carelessly slung from their mounts
Laughing and singing as they went
Trampling palm leaves in the dust.
And he paused at the cacophony of the temple
And smiles
“Small businessmen just trying to make a living.
Money is welded to our bones”
And moves on
And surely no one could forget the shoot out at Gethesemene
“Get thee behind me or die.”
“You’ll never take me alive, Pilate,”
who with sudden enforced wisdom tells Barabas
“This is not your lucky day, son.”
And looking down at his hands muses
“They seem a bit dusty but
Eh, later,” knowing there is always someone to feed the crowd
while up on the thousands up thousands of crosses
are being erected for the deserving.
“Remember,” he tells a passing Pharasee.
“That everyone hangs in the middle
and when faced with evil,
always stand your ground.”
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