Jalapeno Peppers

was it not spring when congress started
debating health care changes
all the way thru summer
now near the end of fall
4 days until winter
some rightwings pray God will intervene
and kill the proposed bill
some leftwing leaders now call
(like Dean) to kill the bill.
is any one counting how many Americans
have died during these argumentative days?
you say you don’t care cause no one
you know and no one you love has died
because they didn’t have health insurance?
translated: we only love Americans with money
which, in truth, are the majority of us, so
a truer translation: we do not care
for the least among us
utt ohhhhh
baby Jesus on a cross
who expected that?
and he did all that
so his followers could not
care for the least among them?
Jesus, Superstar,
i think they nailed you to the Christ
say it out loud “Christ”
see how hard it sounds
say “Jesus” aloud
hear how soft it sounds?
well it’s only time
and the Christers win only in the short run
the Jesusers in the long.
Want to be a Jesuser it’s easy
start by asking the self
“How are my actions like those of Jesus?”
maybe a good place to start is
do I get angry at the one and only event
that Jesus became angry?
the one of money changers in the temple.
today we have money changers in the temple of health.
Is America beautiful enough to drive them out?

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