Monday, November 12, 2018

A Christmas Story




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Men decided
They could improve
 upon The Manger

 A chandelier here
Some red carpet there
 Custom carved pews and podiums...

 Layer upon layer replaced "Line upon line..."
 Though more is just more
They persisted
Reducing posterity and Providence
Into princess and the pea
The essence buried 
Under stacks of superfluous nonsense 

And once again
In tragic irony 
The Sovereign Ruler 
Finds no room at the inn

Deity displaced
Emmanuel eclipsed
 A baby's cry 
Barely heard
On a Bethlehem night...

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"For unto us a child is born,
Unto us a son is given..."
-Isaiah 9:6

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