by Matt Quinn
Would you help Jesus up?
and beneath the fallen Nazerene:
TYPE ‘YES’
and it looks like 107,000 people
have done just that,
and I think:
well, yes,
now that you know who he is,
but take away that cross
and the crown of thorns
and all you’ve got
is some middle-eastern looking guy
with a head wound –
except this one
looks rather like
a white man
with a tan,
but let’s pretend.
He could very easily be
a terrorist
or a refugee,
or more likely
an economic migrant
faking it:
those wounds on his head
are only scratches after all
with a tan,
but let’s pretend.
He could very easily be
a terrorist
or a refugee,
or more likely
an economic migrant
faking it:
those wounds on his head
are only scratches after all
and probably self-inflicted.
And besides
he doesn't look at all
like a Christian.
Would you help him up?
like a Christian.
Would you help him up?
Type 'yes'.
Matt Quinn lives in Brighton, England and hopes to one day have a sufficiently impressive list of poetry publications to justify a bio.