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Idolatry, an Easter Poem
(in response to John Updike's Seven Stanzas at Easter)
I do not know if he was God
I do not know whether he returned
Nor do I know who goes to Heaven
Or who's bad enough to get burned
I'm not sure that obsession's what he had in mind
To hold him as a fetish so dear
I think that for many, the magic trick
Of resurrection makes his words less clear
You want to honor your savior?
Aren't his words enough from a man?
Can only a God speak wisdom to you?
Must virtue be His demand?
What he wanted was for you to stop being bastards
To yourselves, and anyone else
You think your dread and hatred comes from a god
But it's only the shreds of yourself.
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