Off the Hook

When Yahaweh bragged to Job

He could land Leviathan any day He wished

– so great was His rod –

He took His own bait;

so as the Myth healed on through generations of minds

Jesus came

to get the Old Man

off

the hook

– and

save

Job’s kind.

                        (For Michael Appelt, 1/2/2015)

 - Norman Morrissey