Jesus Paid the Butterchurner in the Churn Staff
A literary, biblical fable ©§® by Sage Sweetwater 

His crown of thorns,
a symbol of sacrifice
and love, they resembled
the top of the butterchurn,
the crowns an emblem of
The Fall of Man,

seven quarts of
butter cream, Jesus
the master churned the
butter, the people, the stewards,
Jesus churned with the plunger,
"Give something to each day like the cow 
gives milk, live in a giving way,"

Convert - cream to butter,
the Agitation - of cream caused
by motion disrupts the milk fat -
breaking down clumps of butter
grain, the process of churning,

Jesus paid the handpicked
butterchurner in the Churn Staff,
he read from the old testament
while he churned the classical
Hebrew butter,

the "little papyrus books"
the Hellenistic Jews centuries
before Jesus described their
sacred books the color of butter,

assemblage of
omissions and
additions, biblical
inerrancy a fallacy,
only butter in its original
form is without error, in debate
in theological butter circles, the
translation of butter scripture nourishes
Isaiah 7:15 butter and honey shall he eat,
that he may know to refuse thy evil, and choose
the good,

Jesus paid
the butterchurner
in the Churn Staff,
daddy sang bass,
mama sang tenor.

Copyright ©§® 5.16.2010 Ms. Sage Sweetwater, firebrand lesbian novelist