Job fair on Mt. Horeb

It wasn’t the burning,

but the talking, the order giving,

commands to go back

to the scene of the crime and

making demands and threats.

Killing non-combatants

in a war of words between empire

and the kingdom of heaven

has nothing to do with burning.

The shall nots are easy;

do nothing and you win.

Bringing plagues, parting a sea,

fleeing into a wilderness without a GPS.

Hell, you could fall off a ladder

putting blood above a door.

Unless you’re looking to relocate for a new job,

if you see a burning bush on the side

of a mountain, turn and walk the other way.

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