Suburban
Jesus Tanka
Suburban Jesus
defies holy water ban,
consecrates his hose,
blesses hot brown grass
to turn
into wetter hot brown
grass.
Groomer
Jesus Tanka
Groomer Jesus knows
the way to reach all
children.
Give each a wafer,
now he’s inside all of
them.
It works better than
candy!
Anti-Woke
Jesus
Anti-Woke Jesus
shrugs off Virgin Mary
Sue,
says no prophet is
accepted once they’re
offline
while bot disciples give
praise.
Chad Parenteau hosts Boston's long-running Stone Soup Poetry series. His poetry has appeared in journals such as Résonancee, Molecule, Ibbetson Street, Pocket Lint, Cape Cod Poetry Review, Tell-Tale Inklings, The New Verse News, Off The Coast, The Skinny Poetry Journal, Nixes Mate Review and the anthology Reimagine America from Vagabond Books. He serves as Associate Editor of the online journal Oddball Magazine. His second collection, The Collapsed Bookshelf, was nominated for a Massachusetts Book Award.
Completely entertained.
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