The Final Parable

His parables endure long past his enemies

But his last enflamed their violent tendencies

They brought one last fight, that band of foes

Said the storied teacher, ‘In this parable see your loathes’

Spelling the situation of a householder’s tower

And the husbandmen planning their plot for power

The vineyard owner inquired twice to know

What the husbandmen mocked with a fatal blow

Sending his son, trusting they’d have new eyes

The husbandmen again killed with more despise

The teacher then turned, asking what of the husbandmen’s fate

Realizing themselves the husbandmen, the teacher’s enemies took hate

And the chief priests admitted their plot against the teacher

Who knew and taught against their murderous feature

Brent Yergensen, Ph.D., is a Professor of Communication at The University of Texas at Tyler. His poetry has appeared in Academy of Heart and Mind and Bewildering Stories. As a scholar his research on aesthetics has appeared in numerous academic journals and anthologies.