Posted by johnboy on September 18, 1999 at 21:07:17:
Flexegesis of I Corinthians 12
What we bring to humanity's table
is unique or have they told ya?
That is why I'll never try here
to remake or to remold ya.
With a unity of mission
and with ministries so diverse,
To deny e pluribus unum
would engender a hellish curse.
We've clues to how things are in heaven,
knowing how things are on earth,
With every strength and every weakness
from nature, nurture or from birth.
In heaven, the British are policeman,
French chefs cook for Italian lovers;
the mechanics there are German;
the Swiss run a government, like no others.
Now hell's not very different,
just the people take new roles.
As you try to make them like you,
What a mockery there unfolds.
The Italians run the government
and the Germans are police;
The British cook for cold Swiss lovers
in the French mechanics' grease.
When the Lord God made each woman,
When the Goddess made each man,
He knew what He was doing
As She fashioned creation's plan.
At the height of this creation
With a most resplendent beauty,
People contribute quite uniquely
Each according to their duty.
So I'll take this lesson here
Not to refashion or remold ya.
But should Eternity become a problem
It won't be cause I haven't told ya!