Epiph-anarchy; or, Strait Is the Gate, and Narrow Is the Way, Which Leadeth unto Life,

When you have been to see the Christ Child,
you nevermore can walk familiar paths—
those well-worn roads that wend to-ward Jerusalem.

What need of old paths anyway
after having laid down your wealth
cradleside of the newborn (no) king (but Christ)?

It is not true that all roads lead to Rome.
Some lead down to Egypt, others up to Golgotha.
Be not deceived by Herod or by Constantine—
even yet by Donald Trump.
For empire goes by many names,
but when it cannot co-opt
the gospel for its nationalism,
it cuts down innocents instead.