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Who Art Thou Really?
Having reread the entire Bible,
I wish to show in stanzas and rhymes
How certain characters would require
Attention if they lived in modern times.
Lot, for example, had a drinking problem.
I mean, he got drunk and slept with his daughter.
Actually with two! So, dear old Lot
Ought to have stuck to drinking water.
In searching for pairs of all animals on earth,
Noah's compulsion crossed the border
Of what today we would call
An obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Saul had to be extremely bipolar.
Talk about mood swings! On different occasions
He tried to kill David, who luckily escaped
By the skin of his teeth and with no abrasions.
If someone--like Solomon--had seven hundred wives
And three hundred concubines, we'd tend to say
That he had a number of serious issues,
But we don't want to go there today.
Moses talked to a burning bush,
Samuel and Elijah heard voices that told them
What to do. Now we'd say they were
Schizophrenic if voices controlled them.
Without Alcoholics Anonymous,
Or drugs like Prozac, Zoloft, thorazine,
Valium, Haldol, Abilify, Lithium,
Seroquel, Xanax, Paxil, and clozapine,
Our Biblical characters were on their own--
To fend for themselves to carry out their mission.
They certainly had no medical insurance.
Did no one suggest that they see a physician?
(2-12-15)
I wish to show in stanzas and rhymes
How certain characters would require
Attention if they lived in modern times.
Lot, for example, had a drinking problem.
I mean, he got drunk and slept with his daughter.
Actually with two! So, dear old Lot
Ought to have stuck to drinking water.
In searching for pairs of all animals on earth,
Noah's compulsion crossed the border
Of what today we would call
An obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
Saul had to be extremely bipolar.
Talk about mood swings! On different occasions
He tried to kill David, who luckily escaped
By the skin of his teeth and with no abrasions.
If someone--like Solomon--had seven hundred wives
And three hundred concubines, we'd tend to say
That he had a number of serious issues,
But we don't want to go there today.
Moses talked to a burning bush,
Samuel and Elijah heard voices that told them
What to do. Now we'd say they were
Schizophrenic if voices controlled them.
Without Alcoholics Anonymous,
Or drugs like Prozac, Zoloft, thorazine,
Valium, Haldol, Abilify, Lithium,
Seroquel, Xanax, Paxil, and clozapine,
Our Biblical characters were on their own--
To fend for themselves to carry out their mission.
They certainly had no medical insurance.
Did no one suggest that they see a physician?
(2-12-15)
