The Christ of the gospels
With Augustine’s earthbound
Cosmology for which his own
Torn life provided the ground
To turn away from vision
As a real experience and
Stick with intellect alone
He goes as far as Plato
Can carry him to explain
Why he abandoned the woman
And son he loved with a shrug
Of his Manichaean pen
And centuries of piety
And terror ensued
While the gospels were still
Not read not published
Our first Faust he was
Only looking in a mirror
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