Mark 11:17
didn’t y’all even read
the fucking manual?!
all are welcome to sit
at my Father’s feet—to ask
for advice—free of charge,
you trifling, backroom dealing,
hand in another’s pocket,
illegitimate bastards.
Matthew 22:18-21
why are you trying me?
pass that over here fam.
whose face do you see
on this coin? exactly. so pay
what the fuck you owe
to the one who’s owed
and stop with the bullshit.
Luke 13:31-33
tell that worm-eaten despot
he knows exactly where to fuck
I Am, where I’ll be tomorrow,
and the day after. give his
bitch-ass my whole itinerary
and tell him—if he dares—
to come and see about me.
Matthew E. Henry (MEH)Matthew E. Henry (MEH) is the author of multiple collections, including the Colored page (Sundress Publications, 2022) and The Third Renunciation (NYQ Books, 2023). MEH’s poetry appears in Pensive, Anglican Theological Review, Bending Genres, Fare Forward, The Florida Review, Massachusetts Review, Ploughshares, Relief Journal, Saint Katherine Review, Shenandoah, Solstice, Spiritus, and The Windhover among others. MEH’s an educator who received his MFA yet continued to spend money he didn’t have completing an MA in theology and a PhD in education. He writes about education, race, religion, and burning oppressive systems to the ground at www.MEHPoeting.com.
