Ask Esau about the metaphysics
of deception
whereby a blind father
gives to a lying son what is not his
and God honors the blessing as if
seeing a self-reflection in a moment
the nature of reality
and how betrayal often is a step into
something better than what
might have been.
I'm not making this up,
it's in The Book.
In more places than one
right down and through the Passion
and Resurrection
which isn't about Jesus
dying for our sins but showing
just what it takes to die to the greatest
lie -- of being who we're not.
That may be mine
but it's in The Book
if only between the lines.
-Byron Hoot
