John The Baptist’s Sonnet
(A nomadic herald)
My one principal was God and as
His agent my one principle was God.
One principal and principle meant I
Ignored all call of urban artifice.
God tailored camels for a desert life.
Therefore, I clothed myself in camel skins--
How could mere John design a better wrap?
With similar logic, I would not rethink
The locust beans and honey God served there
With similar logic, I would not rethink
The locust beans and honey God served there
That I preferred to any urban fare.
I was God's pristine voice that wilderness
Kept pure enough for Christ himself to hear--
Though urban folk were deaf and Salome
Would have the mouth, not words upon a tray.
Kept pure enough for Christ himself to hear--
Though urban folk were deaf and Salome
Would have the mouth, not words upon a tray.
