The little lord Jesus
asleep not on the hay
but in the street
Like Abraham the little
boy was sacrificed on
the machine's high holy day
One day after the Winter Solstice
His family lived in a comfortable
home in Brooklyn NY but his father
took the subway to the highest
mountain near The Dakota in Central Park West
The 3 year old named was translated
to Kyrios Christos or the Lord in his father's tongue
He was placed on the high alter
at exactly 12 noon prime meridian
On the day in question
a mother's child was stolen from the womb
unlike the Star of Bethlehem
Venus went backwards
Virgo in opposition to the dark side of Pluto and Pisces
and the Uranus square or the Trickster
Like Christ his red blonde hair
was covered in blood
the measure of oil equivalent
30 pieces of gold
In three days times
the three wise men would have been
welcome to Gotham City but the Mayor
went golfing in Bermuda and the shops were out
of Gold Frankenstein and Myrrh
But what of his message of peace and good will towards men
the sacrificed was paid
and the little Lord Jesus
lay not in the hay but
dead in NY city streets
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