Corpus Jean-Baptiste

Jesus got on down
From the cross,
Did his damnedest
To cover his privates
… shroud of turin …
and verily said unto they who had gathered:
“I’m going fishing.
Now bring me the head
Of my cousin John the Baptist.”
And to this they did obey.
The lord resurrected his cousin
And proclaimed him,
“Lord John …now follow him;
not I.”
Some of the old lord’s flock
Then did kneel before this Baptist.
The roman sentries dropped their dice
And stopped poking under each other’s togas
To behold this queer spectacle;
And Caiaphas and the jewish clerics did stop plotting
Where to find cheap real estate…
For a moment or two.
The Baptist then did say
To Mary Magdeleine,
“Now Mary, do prop my head up
that I might see….”
And so from on high
The Baptist disapproved
Mightily
Of that which he did perceive:
“People, people,”sighed the Baptist,
“Get ye to your wits.
What’s so funny
About peace, love and understanding?”
Some of the multitude
Did then roar their approval
Like lions freed from daniel’s den,
But the clerics dove to gather the falling coins
Of the baptist’s titillated horde,
And the romans did there seize
This baptist’s head
And posted the talking head
For all to behold
Atop the signpostTo Golgotha.

Then all the romans mooned him,
Laughed and shouted out with glee;
John without a corpus,
He’ll go down in history….