Am I proud to be jewish -
I am and I’m not,
I don’t know I guess
I’m proud of being jewish
because being jewish means
to be educated & literary
in certain circles,
you know what I mean
I know they had tough jews
my father sat on the cusp of that realm
on the outskirts of the jewish mafia
nd ... I suppose...I’m as liberated -
nd as free as one would want to be
or can imagine to be in this society
or any other, again, I suppose
But you asked me
Am I proud to be a jew
I am but when people make disparaging remarks
such as jews are cheap
or you killed jesus
jesus please forgive me;
I wasn’t born yet to suffer for ur sins
so I ask you; if jesus died for ur sins
then forgive me please
and if he died for mine
forgive me again please
but remember jesus is my forefather
and I do follow his path
being an upstart and all
runs in my family
saying what I mean, and doing what I say -
follows jesus also and is why he died for our sins
Isn’t it?
Jesus was an upstart and so am I
our big and honest mouths get us in trouble
So much time wasted arguing & fussing
when we’re all visitors here of our own demise.
I quite liked the poem. Cannot exactly place it, though. I believe America is a very religious society, then?
ReplyDeletenot intended to be funny at all... like a previous work on being Jewish...
ReplyDeleteBut it perhaps asks the correct question ...albeit accepting the stereotypes as they are!
Thank you for inviting me to your network!
ReplyDeleteI feel this poem at quite a deep level - even though I'm not Jewish. I think Jesus would have an issue with people saying that the Jews killed him, when it was the Romans - or more accurately, the politicians of the day. And I think he'd have empasized with this poem - being another upstart and all that! Great work!
Marit (aka Anna Reiers)