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.
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This is clever and thought provoking!
Thanks a bunch! 🙂
And I should note, it was the last parable to an audience in Jerusalem–with focus on his having a sizeable audience and Jerusalem, where the final moments that followed were triggered by this parable.