ear

I wonder if Peter had held a gun

instead of a sword

on that late night in the garden,

or if as Jesus died on the cross,

people clucked, 

“This is where gun control leads,”

or if the bloodshed didn’t just stop 

at a hanging ear,

would we then feel protected

from the Evil of this world?

Or would we think

And pray

And think

And pray

And think and cut off our own ears

to drown out the cries of 

Eli Eli lama sabachthani.