Then Manasseh Knew That the LORD He Was God

Manasseh, weep! You learned too late.
The LORD provides. He mediates:
     a skin to cover Adam's shame,
     a ram to maintain Isaac's name,
     His self-Son offered up the same.
Lo, the only pure infanticide
is when Son and Father coincide.

There Will Be No Gloom for Those Who Were in Anguish

The people walk in winter
(wander land)
darkened by exilic gloom--
for it's the new birds that have gone away,
the blue that still remain.

But, lo, behold!
great Christmas lights:
the soldier's boots
and blood-soaked garments
thrown like yule logs on the hearth.

For unto us a child is born--
from Jerusalem, Word of the LORD.
So re-gift your swords as plowshares,
your spears as pruning hooks.
Second Christmas will come second hand:
heav'n and earth unwrapped
(laid bare)
the kosmos given second birth.