Here’s a poem I wrote many years ago. I include it here as part of my project of getting everything on my blog. <\/p>\n
\n The sophomore says, \"What is truth?\"\n and turns to bask in the admiration of his peers.\n\n How modern how daring how liberating\n How modern how daring how liberating\n they chant\n\nThe sophomore, being American\n Doesn't know\nThat his \"question\"\n\n modern\n skeptical\n cynical\n\nWas asked before, by a\n\n modern\n skeptical\n cynical\n urbane cosmopolitan\n\nPolitician (appointed not elected)\nWho happened to live two thousand years ago.\n\nLike many politicians he cared\n\n Less about ideals\n than results<\/dl>\n\n Less about ends\n than means<\/dl>\n\n Less about anything\n than keeping his job\n(and his head).\n\n\nWe might call him\n A bit brutal\nThough `firm' would be kinder
\n (And no doubt Stalin,\n who let nobody go,\n laughed at his laxness)\n\nHe didn't like his job;\n perhaps he no longer hoped for better\n(Nor feared worse,\n except regarding his head).\n\nAnd when these wily Jews\n With their heads-I-win, tails-you-lose\n conundrums\n\nBrought forth their madman,\n His first impulse was to play the Roman:\n \"I find nothing wrong with him:\n See to it yourselves.\"\n\nBut when they mentioned `King' and `Caesar'\n His heart froze.\n\n If he killed their madman\n He'd start a riot\n and lose his job\n (and his head)\n\n If he saved the King of the Jews\n He'd piss off Caesar\n and lose his job\n (and his head)\n\nAnd when his wife told him to have\n Nothing to do with the righteous lout\nShe didn't tell him anything\n He hadn't already figured out.\n\nSo he punted.\n\n \"Not my jurisdiction!\n Take him to see Herod!\"\n (who just happened to be in town....)\n\n Herod appreciated the courtesy\n But wasn't worried\n And sent the sharp-tongued fool\n (Who suddenly didn't have much to say,\n funny how people lose it\n\t\t under pressure....)\n back\n In the attire proper\n to his Royal State.\n\nHis ass is covered---if Herod has no problem,\n Caesar certainly won't. The fool can be king\nof whatever world he wants\n as long as it's not Caesar's.\n\n\"I'm letting him go!\" he said with a shout.\n (Looks like he'll last this one out....)\n\nThe crowd's reaction puzzled him.\n They really wanted him dead.\nThey didn't want the King of the Jews,\n They wanted Barabbas instead\n (And, as Josephus records, they got him)\n\nOh well, he thought,\n They all look the same to me.\n And we'll get Barabbas next time.\n\nAnd if I can get them to say\n \"We have no king but Caesar!\"\n By killing a madman,\nHell, I'll kill ten a day.\n\nAnd then Pilate had his fun\n A little joke\n Short\n To the point\n Trilingual\n\nAnd all this went\n As it always does\n When someone gets caught\n In the gears of government\n\nAnd there's a scientific explanation\n (no doubt)\n For the superstitious rumors\n (persisting to this day)\n That it didn't all end\n With a tomb\n and a Roman squadron on guard.\n\nOur sophomore doesn't know about this\n He doesn't recognize his kindred spirit\n (Or truth either, as he admits).\n\nI guess we haven't learned much\n in two thousand years.\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here’s a poem I wrote many years ago. I include it here as part of my project of getting everything…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[83,84],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","tag-easter","tag-sarcastic","has-excerpt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":398,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodnews.homedns.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}