Free verse № 58991
In Gold Leaf
In Christian Country
Crosses are borne.
Old is resurrected as new,
And bibles bear the owner's name
In gold leaf embossed with
The glory that is the Lord;
Sermons speak of sin,
One must tithe the soul.
Compunction is the order of the day;
Seated in the pews
Satan is staring at creeds
Crucified each day by vanity.
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Quite a lot packed in here, quite machiavellian in intent.
Not sure the poem justifies its conclusions fully though.
John 20, 15: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
Moreover, as an 18th level spirit mage, Jesu had acquired several new special moves. He was able to walk through walls:
John 20, 19: Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
He could cast the invisibility spell:
Luke 24, 30-31: And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
And He had an in-built napkin facility, thereby allowing Him to dispense with external napkin units:
John 20, 6-7: Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
The answer: No. It was pretend. Or, at any rate, it was given that he could Auto-Revivify within 31 hours, so the entire act was more like, say, holding one's breath for an incredibly long time than dying.
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