Epiphany

“And having been warned in a dream 

not to go back to Herod, 

they returned to their country 

by another route.” 

- The New Testament: New International Version, Matthew. 2.12

Who in all of creation

would kill a baby

but rulers,

kings and queens,

their assassins,

wealthy titans of industry

with no concern for

the environment or drinking water,

governments beholden

to corporate power,

militaries in their service,

or impoverished and suffering people

with no alternative

but to bring a child who will live

diseased and hungry

into this world?

Or is it “whom”?

It’s important, you see,

for the rule in all things

to be observed.