SOLD
DRAGGED BEFORE MEN AND THEIR GODS
LIFTED UP IN ROYAL HUES
STUFFED INTO THE SHALLOW CONFINES OF MEN’S EMPTY DESIRES
THEY WOULD FASHION HIM A MANNEQUIN
ON DISPLAY FOR PASSERS BY
IN IRONY NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS PASSING THEM
IN IRONRY THEY SHACKLED HIM TO A MANTLE THAT ONLY HE COULD BEAR
FORCED HIM TO WEAR WHAT DID MAKE FOR THEM, A KING
A CROWN OF THORNS, THE RING OF MARRIAGE
EMBEDDED IN HIS HEAD
ENMESHED WITH HIS LIFE
SPILT IN HIS BLOOD
A SYMBOL OF HIS LOVE
A JOKE
A WORTHLESS LAMB IN POLITIC AND FORM
A CARTOON, A SUNDAY MORNING SATIRE ABOUT HOW MUCH GOD KNOWS
A LOW BLOW
WITH A HAND TO THE HEAD
SALUTED
THE POLLUTED WORSHIP LEADING THEIR HANDS
THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR MOUTHS FALLING TO SADISM
AND THEY DID HATE HIM
IN MASOCHISM BEATING HIM
LAUGH TRACKS AND VIOLENT BLOCKING
SCOURGING HIM
SPITTING AT HIM
SELLING HIM OFF TO SAVE THEM ONE DAY