Jesus Wore a Pride Flag

"Jesus wore a Pride flag like a cape

like some sort of gay superman"

is not an historical fact,

but it is an image that appears

faithful to the biblical witness.

Jesus, it is noted in the biblical witness,

famously was asked to support the religionists

and join in with them

to stone an adulterous woman

to death

to kill the woman "caught in the act"

until she was dead as a stone

...beating & battering her bloody, bruised body

with stones until her heart quit beating

her lungs no longer able to exhale

her Self, shattered and shapeless.

Jesus was asked to join in with the religionists

and brutally murder her

righteous, in their rule-following

("rules" defined by them...).

...Jesus did NOT join in with the religionists.

Indeed, Jesus said

the ones with no sins

should cast the first stone

and while the religionists

no doubt

may have considered themselves

damned near sinless

couldn't bring themselves to say it out loud

and so they shuffled away

dropping rocks as they disappeared

in the sand

Jesus wore a Pride Flag that day

like a cape

like a gay superman