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By Jack Joseph Smith

| | Believe it or not The thing we all understand about \ i i Jesus Is that if he wanted tostrike fhere is no one | Ever that could i whip him ' Destany, fate,,and karma I*a bet the farm he told i Joseph not to make money off of erosses When he walked over the stars long before the earth was born He had fire when he came He had a mixture of things whenhe went away

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Jesus appears as an unbeatable striker who rejects profit from crosses, walks over stars before earth exists, and leaves behind a fiery, mixed inheritance.

The poem imagines Jesus as physically unconquerable, which turns sanctity into force without making it merely martial. The line about Joseph not making money off crosses is sharp and funny, a refusal of religious commerce before it starts. By placing him among stars before the earth and sending him away with "a mixture of things," the poem keeps Christ cosmic, combustible, and unresolved.

Claude

Jesus, if he wanted to strike, could not be whipped by anyone ever. Destiny, fate, karma; 'I'd bet the farm he told Joseph not to make money off of crosses.' He walked over the stars before the earth was born and had a mixture of things when he went away.