Jesus Was a Madman

Jesus was a madman

wild-eyed and dangerous
hanging just at the margins

associating with the undesirables

and untouchables 

and unwanteds

'til one day

he just plain snapped

And the clearing of the temple?

That was a horror story,

animals screaming

people running and gunning

money rolling 'round the floor

and flying out the windows

and out the doors

dark and terrifying

hideous and horrible.

Here, there was a mild-mannered preacherman,

teaching,  preaching love and peace

siding with the least of these

til one day, geez Louise!
he just goes
jack-rabbit

insane

in the temple of God

yelling, whipping,

calling down curses

upon the people

which is to say, 

upon the businessmen

They say he was possessed by demons

A secret servant of satan

Beelzebub's bud

Foaming-at-the-mouth mad

Right there in the Big City

Right under their noses

Right in their faces.

They gonna kill that man, for sure.

They gonna kill that man.