So the other day
The witnesses came
And knocked upon my door
Both dressed in black suits
And they wanted
“Information”
They tried to come in
And they tried to hand me pamphlets
And they tried to make me confess
And they kept asking me this
“Have you found Jesus yet?”
So I told them
That I didn’t know anybody named Jesus
And that I didn’t know who he is or where he lives
And that I don’t know anyone named God
Or anybody named “Peter” “Paul” or even
A Baptist supposedly named “John”
Let alone some woman named
“Mary”, the Pope or anyone else of
Any importance or of any significance
At all.
All I told them was that
I know this guy who lives
Down the block named “Noah”
Who is always in his backyard working
On his boat.
Both of them then looked at
Each other a little bit puzzled,
But they did not seem to believe
My story. And after saying something
About this guy that they were looking
For being quote “My savior” in an annoyed
And confused manner
Left.
So I closed the door and locked it
And then told Jesus that the coast
Was clear and that it was ok for him
To come out from behind my curtains.
“Whew!” That was close he said.
They almost got me that time!
I told him “Listen bro” Your secret’s safe with me.
Cross my heart.
Jesus scratched his beard
And made a peculiar face
“Very Funny” he said “Very Funny”
And with a wave of his hand
Made us some more wine
And we got drunk.
________________
~ R.M.
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R.M. Engelhardt is a poet, writer and author who over the last two decades has published over 16 books of poetry including "Nod" "Logos" "Alchemy" & "The Last Cigarette: The Collected Poems of R.M. Engelhardt. The founder of the Upstate NY organization Albany Poets & the Annual Poetry Celebration The Albany Word Fest he has through his ideas & visions helped to contribute a large amount of advocacy and creativity to the Spoken Word~Poetry Capital District scene and is the former host of the long running readings Vox, Propaganda, Listen & currently is creating a new resurrection of one of the area's most well known open mics for poetry and spoken word THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT in Troy, NY held on the last Wednesday evening of each month at the incredible nightclub/speak easy bar THE BERLIN IN TROY NY. His writing has also been published by many journals such as The Rye Whiskey Review, Red Fez, Rusty Truck, Sure! The Charles Bukowski Newsletter, Thunder Sandwich, The Hobo Camp Review, Full of Crow, on the Outlaw Poetry Network & in many many others.
Look for his books "WHERE THE PEOPLE'S VISION PERISHES 2020" "DARK LANDS (2019 on LuLu, Amazon & At Barnes and Noble) The Resurrection Waltz, 2012 ( Infinity Press) & "COFFEE ASS BLUES & OTHER POEMS" ( 2018 Alien Buddha Press 2018) " DarkLands" 2019 & "Where There Is No Vision" 2020 and his new books, "WE RISE LIKE SMOKE" (2021) & Of Spirit, Ash & Bone (2022) all available on Amazon.com
He is also the Editor of the small independent poetry press DeadMansPressInk.
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