stitches the torn veil
pulls nails from the wrist
removes the thorns from
his hat size
lowers the symbol
as soldiers suck
the urine from his
royal swaddling clothes
as Roman doctors mend
his broken legs and ribs
and the pilot forces
the audience
to eat his name
in backwards shouting
pulls an ear off
for the sword’s healing
gives each apostle
the Heimlich maneuver
places torn bread
back onto reformed loaf
corks the bottled blood illusion
unloads nets full of fish
back into the sea
apologizes for knocking over
valuables in the market place
comes out of the
baptismal waters dry
still a sinner
lays in the hay
sends all the wise men home
crawls back into the womb
grows accustomed
to inhaling
amniotic fluid
shrinks in eternal collapse
without human seed
to contain it
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