History Lesson

Perhaps it was in the year of blood at Sebaste?
Over the Palestine was Herod in charge

A branch of Jesse, of David’s breed
hidden well in a nameless village

Ideas new had colonized the Hebrew brain
under Roman rule and Greco culture

a synthesis of West, with an East
bordered by Magian vultures

The undercurrent of Abraham’s cult
with a tributary of Kuthite spice

carrying Egyptian ‘-Meses’ babe
His book on sale for a hefty price

Cosmopolitans upon the hills,
and peasants in the valleys

Priests of the people;
or of the polis’ allies;

Essenes of separate hermeneutic;
proto-Sicarii could be scary;

while polarised Pharisees debate;
and skeptical Sadducees stay wary

Middle class are fattened up
by Solomon’s Temple legacy

The poor caught in the pinch
and stirred up to frantic jealousy

The King’s Highway multi-cloned,
and split as wide as it was long

Collective mind virtually bilingual;
time for most unique of songs

A babe is born from Nathan’s waters
Even still, also a pride of Aaron

Melchizedek and Zarathustra’s vestal,
Eve’s seed becomes Emmanuel laden   

Welcome to God’s kitchen!
Architect of Joseph fixes the scaffold

Yahovah’s bride awaits her prize,
spun till dizzy and blindfold 

“Surprise!” by Jordan riverside,
have a dip and take a seat

The Kingdom is here!
Let spirit-eyes observe this feat

For hors d'oeuvres the bread of life;
taste and see Olivet buffet

Then the outpour of living water,
in the old Samarian way

Unblemished lamb beard-plucked
becomes a sacrificial goat

New Chef hat on
and switch of coat

Main feast prepped for hungry pilgrims
with stake nails, instead of knives

Kephas will bear witness
to the Promised Son’s arise

All the world will get to hear
the news in every tongue

The rock has struck the feet
of Yaldabaoth Babylon

It won’t really matter how
you perceive the periphery

but the core of God as ‘Love’
will bind you to the Mystery

Keep your laws, your lores
so long as they aren’t toxic

And let the spirit’s grace break
through to heal all of your sick

“Serve one another
as I have served you”

This is Christ’s
true healing glue

Don’t load others' cars
with heavy cargo yokes

Free them up to grow;
this Gospel do promote