god's money bags

filled with stones
chert flint-knapped
arrowheads killer trade

the savant pays wise
the seer tallies foretold bankrupt religion
the polymath banks truth

kubera the drunkard
with nectar vessel in hand
palms zero wealth

gospel of john
judas of iscariot
jesus freaks breadcrumb disciples in poverty

rottweiler dogs
used by travelling butchers
guarding money bags around their necks

baptized christ child
pediatric tracheotomy the evil priest
as a boy swallowed a bag of looted gold

decoy bag
jew's gold
parodying anti-semitism

hollywood purse
collected foreign film rights
euro coins polished by the rich wiccan talisman

Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, firebrand lesbian novelist