Monday, November 9, 2015

WIDOW'S MITE

WIDOW’S MITE

JESUS WAS RESTING
IN THE COURT OF THE WOMEN
HE’S BEEN WRESTLING WITH THE SCRIBES
THEIR MOTIVES
WERE NOT TO MAKE MEN’S LIVES BETTER
BUT TO MAKE RELIGION ONEROUS

HE WAS WATCHING THE OFFERING PRACTICES
OF SOME INDIVIDUALS
A MAN RICHLY DRESSED
MAKING DRAMATIC GESTURES
AS IF SEMAPHORING GOD
LOOK HOW GENEROUS I AM
THREW VIOLENTLY
HIS COINS AT THE TRUMPET
A METAL DEVICE
LIKE A FUNNEL
IN WHICH COINS WERE PLACED
TO FALL INTO THE COLLECTION BOX
BELOW IT

HIS OBJECT
WAS TO MAKE A LOUD NOISE
COINS AGAINST METAL
SO BYSTANDERS WOULD KNOW HOW GENEROUS HE WAS
HE’S ALREADY TOLD GOD

ADJUSTING HIS ROBE
FROM HIS ACTIVITIES
HE WALKED PROUDLY
HEAD HELD HIGH
SURE HE WAS THE CENTER OF ATTENTION
INTO THE TEMPLE

BEHIND HIM
A NEW WIDOW
WITH CHILDREN CLUTCHING AT HER SKIRT
DODGING THE RICHMAN’S WINDMILL ARMS
GENTLY PUT IN TWO LEPTON
COINS WHICH TOGETHER
WERE WORTH LESS THAN A PENNY
THEIR NAME MEANS THIN ONES
IT WAS ALL SHE HAD

THE COINS FELL LIKE A WHISPER INTO THE BOX
THE WIDOW WALKED AWAY
REGRETTING IT WASN’T MORE

NOW NOT ALL RICH PEOPLE ARE EVIL
NOT ALL POOR PEOPLE ARE GOOD
JESUS USES HYPERBOLE
EXAGGERATION
STEREOTYPES
TO TEACH LESSONS

IT WASN’T THE AMOUNT OF THE COINS
THAT WAS IMPORTANT
BUT THE HEART THAT GAVE THEM

PERHAPS SHE WAS PRAYING FOR HER HUSBAND’S SOUL
PRAYING THE HAZKARA
JEWISH PRAYER FOR THE DEAD
Have mercy upon him; pardon all his transgressions . . . Shelter his soul in the shadow of Thy wings. Make known to him the path of life."

THE SOUND OF THE GENTLE FALLING COINS
OF THE WIDOW
HAVE BECOME AN ECHO
A LESSON
TO WHICH WE SHOULD GIVE HEED

FRANK A VOLLMER

Friday, November 6, 2015

CHRIST THE KING

CHRIST THE KING



THE ROOTS OF THE WORD KING
ARE TRIBAL LEADER
SOMEONE THE GROUP WOULD TRUST
SOMEONE THE GROUP COULD TRUST
OVERTIME THE WORD GATHERED MANY CONNOTATIONS
UNPLEASANT CONNOTATIONS

THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING
WAS ESTABLISHED
 TO DECLARE GOD’S OWNERSHIP OF CREATION
TO A WORLD
WHICH WAS DENYING HIM THAT ROLE

CHRISTIANITY WAS SPLIT
INTO MANY GROUPS
ARGUING HOW MANY ANGELS ON A PINHEAD
WITH NO THOUGHT BEING GIVEN
TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MAN

INSTEAD OF BREAD
THEY SAID ROSARIES
INSTEAD OF MERCY
THEY QUOTED LAW
THINKING
QUESTIONING
LED TO ANATHEMA

IN CHRIST’S UPSIDE DOWN WORLD
KINGS BECAME SERVANTS
SHOWERING HIS SUBJECTS WITH GIFTS
SELLING HIS CROWN IF NEED BE
TO PAY FOR THEM

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE KING
IN THE ROYAL PALACE
HE’S THE ONE WEARING AN APRON
WASHING FEET

FRANK A VOLLMER