MESSIAH
BY
FRANK A VOLLMER
WHERE IS MESSIAH
IN POLAND
IN WARSAW
IN THE JEWISH CEMETERY
IN ONE OF THE TOMBS
A WOMAN GAVE BIRTH
HER ONLY ATTENDANT
THE CARETAKER
WHO WAS HIDING TOO
HE SAID
PERHAPS THIS ONE IS THE MESSIAH
BORN SO LOWLY
DESPISED
SPIT UPON
PERHAPS HE IS THE MESSIAH
THE CHRISTIAN MESSIAH
HAS BROUGHT US NO PEACE
AS THE CHILD
SUCKED ON HIS MOTHER’S TEARS
HER BREASTS WERE DRY
THE CHILD
SUCKED ON HIS MOTHER’S TEARS
FINALLY HE DIED
EVENTUALLY
THEY WERE FOUND
THEY WENT UP IN SMOKE
THE NEARBY VILLAGERS
SMELLED THE SMOKE
THEY KNEW WHAT IT WAS
THEIR HOMES STANK OF IT
THEY CALLED IT
JEWISH PERFUME
IN A WORLD
STILL PLAGUED
STILL PLAGUED
BY WAR
HUNGER
HATRED
HATRED
CAN WE NOT SAY
WHERE IS MESSIAH
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
SNOW
FIFTEEN THOUSAND CHILDREN
WERE INCARCERATED
IN TEREZIN CONCENTRATION CAMP
ONLY ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO
OF THOSE CHILDREN
WERE KNOWN TO HAVE SURVIVED
LIKE SNOW THEY FELL
GRAY SNOWFLAKES
BLANKING ALL AS SNOW WILL
THEY WERE BITS OF SKIN
INCINERATED SKIN
THAT THE CHIMNEYS
BELCHED FORTH
LIKE A SNOW MACHINE
ON A SKI SLOPE
BUT SNOW NEVER SMELT
LIKE BURNT FLESH
SNOW WAS WHITE
LIKE THE FAUX SNOW
AROUND THE CRÈCHE
WHERE THE CHRIST CHILD LAY
BEING SERENADED
WITH STILLE NACHT
THE CHRIST CHILD
THE KING OF THE JEWS
WHILE HS SUBJECTS
WENT UP IN SMOKE
SILENT NIGHT
SILENT NIGHT
WHILE HIS SUBJECTS
SCREAMED LOUDLY
WHEN THE SHOWER TURNED DEADLY
CAN WE BLAME THOSE
WHO CREATED THIS SHOAH
CERTAINLY
BUT TO BE FAIR
WE SHOULD ALSO BLAME THE CHURCH
THAT PREACHED CHRIST KILLERS
FOR TWO THOUSAND YEARS
RELIGION
WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HELP MAN
LIVE IN RELATION
TO HIS BROTHERS
SO OFTEN
SHOWS HATE
IN FACT
THE FIRST RELIGIOUS SQUABBLE
WAS WHEN CAIN KILLED ABEL
THE JEWS WERE CONSIDERED
A NON-PEOPLE
CURSED BY GOD
THEY WERE A HANDY SCAPEGOAT
WHEN THINGS WENT BAD
FROM INDIVIDUALS UP TO THE STATE
THEY WERE SCAPEGOATS
WHEN THINGS WENT WRONG
THEY WERE THE LEAST
IN CONTRADICTION TO CHRIST TEACHING
THEY WERE NOT TREATED KINDLY
BUT AS CHRIST’S BODY
THEY WERE
BEATEN
STARVED
KILLED
BURNT
WHILE PIOUSITIES
POURED OUT
FROM PULPITS
FLOATING IN THE AIR LIKE SNOW
THIS IS MY BLOOD
BEATEN FROM MY BODY
WHO IS MY BROTHER
RACHAEL'S CHILDREN
IS THERE EVER A GOOD TIME
FOR GOD TO BE BORN
IS THERE EVER A TIME
THAT WILL NOT CAUSE PAIN
SITTING WITH THE WOMEN
WHOSE CHILDREN
HEROD HAD SLAIN
ON HIS BIRTHDAY
YEARS AND A LIFE LATER
DON'T COME THE TEMPTER HAD SAID
OILY VOICED AS USUAL
PRAISING EVIL NOT AS BAD BUT GOOD
OR EXPEDIENT
DON'T COME NOW
AS THE EARTH
IS ALWAYS GROANING IN LABOR
THERE IS ALWAYS NEED
FOR GOD TO BE BORN
TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE
A HOLLOWNESS OF YEARS
THAT HE COULD
BUT COULD NOT FILL
THE WAIL OF RACHEL
FOR HER CHILDREN
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
WHO
WEARS MY SHOES
NOW
THAT I AM DEAD
AND
HAVE GONE UP IN SMOKE
SHOES
MY MOTHER BOUGHT
FOR
HER SON
TO
BE PROUD OF HIM
WHEN
HE WENT TO TEMPLE
WHO
WEARS MY SHOES
PLACED
NEATLY ON A SHELF
WITH
STOCKINGS TUCKED INSIDE
AFTER
WHAT
WHEN
MOSES
MET
YAHWEH
HE
WAS TOLD
REMOVE
YOUR SHOES
THIS
IS SACRED GROUND
WILL
THE SMOKE TAKE ME TO HEAVEN
WHERE
THERE IS NEITHER
JEW
OR GENTILE
ONLY
G-D’S CHILDREN
WEAR
THEM PROUDLY
FOR
I AM
ONE
OF G-D’S
CHOSEN
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
SOLILOQUY - O COME EMMANUEL
O COME O COME EMMANUEL
TO MY LONELY BED
WHERE THE HOURS GO SLOWLY
AND SLEEP ESCAPES ME
COME EMMANUEL
COME EMMANUEL
COME DAY STAR
AND HELP ME FIND MORNING
COME
ROD OF JESSE COME
AND GIVE ME VICTORY OVER THE GRAVE
FOR DEATH AND I
HAVE BECOME FRIENDS
COME O COME O MIGHTY GOD
WHO DWELT ONCE ON HIGH
WHO DWELT ONCE AMONG US
WHO DWELLS NOW WITHIN US
COME
COME GOD OF FORGIVENESS
AND OF PEACE
LET YOUR WAYS BE MINE
COME O COME
DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS COME
COME AS SLEEP COMES TO MY EYES
COME
AS I LET YOU RULE YOUR WORLD
COME
AND GIVE ME REST
O COME O COME EMMANUEL
TO MY LONELY BED
WHERE THE HOURS GO SLOWLY
AND SLEEP ESCAPES ME
COME EMMANUEL
COME EMMANUEL
COME DAY STAR
AND HELP ME FIND MORNING
COME
ROD OF JESSE COME
AND GIVE ME VICTORY OVER THE GRAVE
FOR DEATH AND I
HAVE BECOME FRIENDS
COME O COME O MIGHTY GOD
WHO DWELT ONCE ON HIGH
WHO DWELT ONCE AMONG US
WHO DWELLS NOW WITHIN US
COME
COME GOD OF FORGIVENESS
AND OF PEACE
LET YOUR WAYS BE MINE
COME O COME
DESIRE OF ALL NATIONS COME
COME AS SLEEP COMES TO MY EYES
COME
AS I LET YOU RULE YOUR WORLD
COME
AND GIVE ME REST
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@