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By Jack Joseph Smith

Political Christ Being there,, Jesus on both sides There is no loss of flowers And there still is a mule With white robes on top For 2 street person | getting a stand | on @ stoop The unique of “it Is that less has always known more apout what more says does not exist Orr both sides Talking to terror

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GPT

Political Christ doubles the stoop scene by putting Jesus on both sides, turning flowers, mule, and street witness into a theology that speaks directly to terror.

The earlier scene is no longer merely social or symbolic once Jesus appears "on both sides," because division itself becomes the place where holiness is tested. The mule, white robes, and stoop keep the vision low to the ground rather than triumphal. "Talking to terror" implies not victory over fear but a grim willingness to address it without leaving the street.

Claude

Expanded 'Political Christ': Jesus on both sides, mule in white robes, less knowing more, closing on 'Talking to terror' as the turn into the next page.