Washed Them White as Snow

I will not tell you about everything
about how he's gone crazy
and we all had a hand in it.
We didn't.
We washed them instead
long before
long before the angry crowd asked us to
We washed them white as snow
in our own blood
spilling from our missing ears.
We didn't know.
We took them off
When he said those who have ears
we took them off ourselves
let them hear
and heard be washed in the blood of selfrighteousness
be washed by selfishness
by self.
And what is the blood of the lamb?
wash yourself of him
Who is the brother you can see?
wash yourself of him
Where is the God you cannot?
wash yourself of him.
We never had a hand in it.

may 7, 09