It Does Entertain

Hospital rooms and
bibles
One is left wondering
if anyone know
The Apostle John is
of a high priestly
family
It’s clearly written in
the fourth chapter
of Acts
One imagines a
rabbinical student
who went to Galilee
A young scribe who
went to see Jordan
John baptize
People whispering
he’s one of the
Prophets
One wonders, it does
entertain
The Apostle John is
related to Annas
and Caiaphas
One wonders if
anyone realizes Virgil alone wrote
Facilis descensus Averno
The descent to Avernus is
easy
It’s true — it’s downhill
Jewish scripture does not
have narrow paths
They have the Highway and
many ways to Godhead
One can change lanes, take
a detour, rest for a while
Did Jesus really go Virgil,
ignore the Highway?
There is no holy text that
does not get rewritten
Roman plots, schemes to
control people… minds…
Eventually, Inquisitors and
Puritan witch hunters
Censor Morem of later ages
One wonders if
anyone realizes Virgil alone wrote
Facilis descensus
Averno
The descent to
Avernus is easy
It’s true — it’s
downhill
Jewish scripture does
not have narrow
paths
They have the
Highway and many
ways to Godhead
One can change
lanes, take a detour,
rest for a while
Did Jesus really go
Virgil, ignore the
Highway?
There is no holy text
that does not get
rewritten
Roman plots,
schemes to control
people… minds…
Eventually, Inquisitors
and Puritan witch
hunters
Censor Morem of
later ages
One does wonder,
one is entertained
And it does pass the
time of day
Even can be fun, like
rolling Babylonian
dice
Or spinning dreidels
Ancient mysteries are
ever so obscure, so
vague
Winking, they fade
back to shadows
and giggle
And with nothing to
do at all,
One wanders, it does
entertain
And maybe one goes
a little insane.
by C. de Boissiére