Bird Jesus

This crazy, multi-colored bird

Has been hanging around

The island lately

Folks call him Bird Jesus

He walks on the water

Maybe that’s not quite as cool

As it is for the regular Jesus

Since he has webbed feet

People throw him bread

But who can tell

How many loaves

Or fish for that matter

There are in the waves

Soggy bits floating around

And yeah, he attacked

Some bankers the other day

But maybe he was just looking for

A shiny coin or two

To decorate his nest

I guess I’m pretty agnostic

On the whole idea

Don’t tell old Blind Jim

I said any of this though

Bird Jesus flew in and

Dropped two big marbles

- Cat’s eyes, both of them

One blue, one green –

Right in Blind Jim’s lap

He’s been wearing them

Stuck them right in his

Old dead sockets

He swears he can see now

I don’t know about that

He’s stopped begging

And walking into traffic

Jim said with wonder that his

Toothless old wife

Had become a beautiful girl

Now that I think about it

Maybe there is something to

Bird Jesus