Monday, March 31, 2014

MESSIAH


 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

 BUT HE WATCHED HIS DREAM FADE

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
BY WAR
HUNGER

 HATRED
 

CAN WE NOT SAY 

WHERE IS MESSIAH

 

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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

 THIS IS MY BODY
FLOATING IN THE AIR LIKE SNOW

THIS IS MY BLOOD
BEATEN FROM MY BODY

  THE EARTH CRIES OUT
WHO IS MY BROTHER

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RACHAEL'S CHILDREN

 

IS THERE EVER A GOOD TIME
FOR GOD TO BE BORN

IS THERE EVER A TIME
THAT WILL NOT CAUSE PAIN

 HE OFTEN THOUGHT THESE THOUGHTS
SITTING WITH THE WOMEN
WHOSE CHILDREN
HEROD HAD SLAIN

 A THING HE DID OFTEN
ON HIS BIRTHDAY

 OH NOW THEY WERE CONSOLED
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

 BUT THE EARTH WAS GROANING IN LABOR
AS THE EARTH
IS ALWAYS GROANING IN LABOR
THERE IS ALWAYS NEED
FOR GOD TO BE BORN

 SO THE WOMEN WERE CONTENT

TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE

 BUT EACH ONE FELT
A HOLLOWNESS OF YEARS
THAT HE COULD
BUT COULD NOT FILL

 NOR CALL BACK
THE WAIL OF RACHEL

 THE WAIL OF RACHEL
FOR HER CHILDREN

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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

 TO BE FILLED AFTER
AFTER WHAT

WHEN MOSES
MET YAHWEH
HE WAS TOLD
REMOVE YOUR SHOES
THIS IS SACRED GROUND

 AM I GOING TO SACRED GROUND
WILL THE SMOKE TAKE ME TO HEAVEN
WHERE THERE IS NEITHER
JEW OR GENTILE
ONLY G-D’S CHILDREN

 WHOEVER GETS MY SHOES
WEAR THEM PROUDLY
FOR I AM
ONE OF G-D’S
CHOSEN

 

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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

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