“Impossible, isn’t it?”
The guru who knows “what’s what” mumbles.

He can’t see individual women –
Because he doesn’t want to!

He’s a man who takes women in delectable bites –
Always desiring just one more.

Men, in general, though, hang around in bands or small herds
Which multiplies their strength –
Occasionally, a few women join in.

Jesus, on the other hand, might have been the kind of man who wasn’t totally male –
In gender, he might have been, at least in certain aspects, female –
Remember, in the synoptic gospels, he once compared himself to a “hen”
“How often I have longed to gather your children together,
as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings … “ (Mt 23:37).

This is someone who became stronger and more courageous
Than any other human being on earth –
Someone able to eventually devour an Empire –
Following which, a couple thousand years later,
This person is still passing that Roman Empire through
Their ancient/postmodern body.

Personally, I’m also getting closer to death
But don’t know which parts, or all, of me that’ll consist of –
That is, whether there’s anything invisible hiding inside me –
Waiting for death to reveal itself –
In the meantime, I’ve been patiently waiting to expire
In God’s promised, physically challenging,
Final burst of spiritual joy!