Article: Death angel, mad cow, hoof & mouth.(Poetry)(Brief Article)(Poem)

 
The Lord ate the firstborn camels, asses, 
sons of Egypt. His death angel spewed fumes, 
smote hip and thigh. Ever ravenous for sacrifice, 
Yahweh knew how to hurt a tribe, a race, 
 
purge of primogeniture, family dirge. This 
was the start of mass murder--if you don't count 
the Flood--vicious beyond even scarlet Nile, flies. 
This scriptural bloodletting and eating 
 
meant little in my workers' neighborhood 
of sexless pets squatting on dandelion lawns. 
The cattle are lowing the poor baby wakes. But 
little Lord Jesus no crying He makes. 
 
White-hat cowboys drove their herds to market 
but they ate beans. Brave and trusty TV mounts, 
Trigger, Buttermilk, Silver, Scout battled ...

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