What Jesus Would Do

It occurs to me that each
of us knows exactly
What Jesus Would Probably Do.

He would build a coupla bookshelves,
buy some hammers and stuff,
read a little bit,
eat some bread and some fish
(if there was any
or go to the market
if there wasn’t any
or send someone else
if he was busy and
someone else was available).

Jesus might drink a little wine or
go for a ride on a donkey or
walk around wearing the footgear of the day or
not.

That’s what he would probably do,
I don’t know for certain.
Actually, he might leave the old ways
behind and get
a car.
Would he need a driving license?
Maybe he is a scofflaw
and thinks,
“Well, what are they gonna do?
crucify me?”
or
maybe that sort of
thing is just taken care of,
the way it is for Queen Elizabeth?
I don’t think Her Royal Highness
has a driving
license and she drives.
If there is a problem
and a car rolls over
the Queen just says,
“What are ya gonna do?
report me to the Queen or
something?”

So,
Jesus might drive.

I hope he would drive carefully
because I have driven
on the sidewalk myself
and the people running
and screaming
means it isn’t that much
fun
in my opinion.

Jesus would offer his opinion,
I am certain of that.
Some pretty reliable folks wrote down
his more adamant opinions.
The writing down
was done a long time ago
and people have been
arguing about it
since then.

It’s a bit like
art and poetry critics,
how they talk about what it means
and whether or not
the words are in the right place
or if the guy writing the
stuff down
knew enough to come in out of the rain.