< George does Jesus >

[rayheinrich]

                               


                                                    < George does Jesus >  

                                        He's standing under a few trees,
                                        next to a baseball practice field,
                                        surrounded by kids in baseball uniforms.
                                       
                                        He's delivering the Sermon on the Mount.
                                       
                                        I think it's the first time he's has done it here,
                                        but I've seen him do it before.
                                        He's done it at a bus-stop, at a bar...
                                        he quieted the whole place down.
                                       
                                        And he's damn good at it!
                                        Words delivered straight-forward, looking everyone
                                        in the eye, like a friend who's a bit older than you
                                        and just might be God.
                                       
                                        Everybody is silent, listening to his words.
                                        Of course, cynical me has to think that it's because
                                        it's the Second Baptist Church's practice field
                                        and everybody thinks this is a planned event...
                                       
                                        But it doesn't really matter what I think.
                                        There's George, doing Jesus better than the movies,
                                        spellbinding a bunch of kids who probably get bored with
                                        anything that lasts longer than a minute.
                                       
                                        And he's got even atheist me thinking about it!
                                        Maybe this is what it was really like,
                                        maybe you need someone who's suffered as much as George.
                                       
                                        George reaches the end,
                                        kids get back to baseball,
                                        I've decide against baptism...
                                        and George is suggesting beer.

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