jesus was

was his name jesus
or was it pinned to him
after his time
did he perform
every single miracle himself
or did he inherit a few
from the other gods

the virgin birth of horus
on christmas no less
sol invictus's birthday
all thanks to the god of drink
dionysus
turns water into wine
more than a thousand years before
jesus
would put his mouth to vinegar

but this i believe for certain:
there was a rebel
who made trouble at the temple
outraged by commerce
perverting his faith
and the high priest was scheming
with the romans
who oppressed his people
that alone
would have made any son
worth his salt
livid
someone for sure went and flipped those tables
that sounds like the deed of a saviour
someone who stands up
for the cause of his people

a deed so breathtakingly special
that it unleashes a stream of tellings
heard from various quarters
every person remembering a little something
of someone else
somewhere else
so epic
that all those stories gravitated
to the name with most gravitas
the chuck norris of his time
and now main character
of every good tale
all true events
gathered under one new name

jesus

the priests get worked up
before the cock crows
three times

a charm

they hand the child over
to the romans
known for slaughtering
those who rate their gods
above the power
of the emperor

the women weep
the poor dear child is crucified
the men resign themselves
hold your tongue
it's just what romans do
say a wrong thing
and that fate befalls you too

loved ones gather who
lost loved ones
in the struggle:

what if that child
was the messiah
and now he's dead
murdered by pilate

over years the hatred
of the state gathers
as from a mustard seed
the wrath grew
and the people kept wrestling
with the romans
until titus flavius conquers jerusalem
and tears down the temple of the jews
for the second time

but the salt
in the wound
is the romans
who through
hebrew writers
write the new
jewish story
in which it was jews
who roared

give us barabbas
and crucify jesus