#Easter
a contemporary Easter poem
What would the death and resurrection of Christ look like in this day and age? Probably nothing like the following poem, but well, who knows? We know Jesus was popular with regular folk, while the religious establishment grew to despise him… That said, the poem is not meant to be irreverent, but rather to help us realign with what’s important—and maybe a little jab at us at the end.
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While I promise this is not a snatch and grab from The Message or any other modern translation, it may gain you a new perspective—one from the underside.
#Easter
Behind the glass, we waited for the needle
administered almost kindly into his arm.
I unfolded the note and reread it, glanced
at his mother who couldn't watch,
and promised him without a word.
Afterwards, we moped in the common room.
Peter lamented unfriending him
when the taunts started. "Mate of a madman",
"here comes Waco", "the man who would be
king"... When the ladies arrived,
breathless, still carrying flowers intended
for his marker, Andrew and I put down
the cue sticks and listened to their hysteria.
Someone stole his body: you can't imagine
what horrors went through my head.
It's one thing to believe in a good man,
even one misunderstood and resented
in his own time. It's quite another to believe
in the re-animation of the dead, outside
of strange viruses, Shaun, and of course
our old friend Romero. But when he arrived
before us, ate a slice of pizza, showed us
the injection point, the bruises and cuts
where the cops roughed him up--had us
plunge our fingers into his abdomen
where his donated organs had once been
and felt the hollow beneath, well...
Later, before he rose like Neo or Criss Angel
he reminded us to spread his vision
throughout the internet, that he would be with us
for as long as his intern maintained his Twitter feed;
and if you love him, you will forward all chain mail
and Like all horrible photos of his death,
from now until the end of the election.
Oh, and check out his new sermon on Ted.
About the author:
Me. Luke. I’m the author. Read my about page here.
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