Filthy Hands; Filthy Society

--------------/Filthy Hands; Filthy Society: The Thoughts Of The Pharisee Who Dined With Jesus


The sun
heralds hope, signifies to our fallen imperiled world
in seemingly endless night
that redemption draws nigh and shames the darkness
goads the moon
gives the starry hosts apprehensions about returning
and rouses you from your dreams
(your lovely wife still sleeping soundly beside you)
(your children in the adjacent room soundly reposing
from a normal hurried kids’ day)
(likewise the surrounding metropolis is still securely tucked
in its nocturnal bed of silence)
and you sit up wistfully imagining a day that you wont
have to fasten the lock on your door
or the generation your kids will exceed you in wisdom
knowledge
and good looks
and what requisite hassles they will contend with
raising their own progeny
and their pursuit, much like yours, of the eradication of evil
from society
a day when neighbor can join hand with neighbor
under one God, one country and one united purpose
not shackled by Rome and its sundry itinerant petty thieves
making husbands and fathers restless every evening
and crooked military brass
infesting our streets imposing unreasonable temple taxes
threatening to indulge their bloodlust
which makes you wonder how this current fate befell us
how our Jewish brothers lost autonomy and the right to self-rule
extrapolating
that it was one insidious man, one night, somewhere out of place
somewhere he didn’t belong
performing a vile act violating Mosaic law
….and the sickness spread by word of mouth
that Jew upon Jew so nonchalantly can transgress all
with no fear of heavenly reprisal…..
(yet now even Caesar knows the folly of such thinking – snickering)
so all you want now is just some semblance of righteousness
someone who walks in the light of virtue
for starters just one person!
to take a stand and do the right thing
not a night dweller but a son of the sun
to cure us of this oppressive slavery so we can get
the throne of David back
and the way of life our fathers once knew
I mean, is it too much to ask for your obedience
of the prescribed washing before the meal?

(Come on, dude)



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Luke 11:36-41
If your whole body is full of light, and no part of it is in darkness, then it will be as full of light as a lamp illuminating you with its brightness." After he had spoken, a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home. He entered and reclined at table to eat. The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal. The Lord said to him, "Oh you Pharisees! Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish, inside you are filled with plunder and evil. You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside? But as to what is within, give alms, and behold, everything will be clean for you.