World in a jug - The Dead Sea Scrolls

World in a jug

i.

The Dead Sea Scrolls evoke
the aura of sacred mystery

a blood
enveloping

Found in jugs
in a desert cave

Wreathed with shreds of paper
that glisten in the air

Hasten us to some 
smoky abyss

we may run the tapes
of burroughs

we may drink the
firewater sepulcher

We may dive in the mosh
pit but

We let the softside roll
on the old dead sea scrolls

 

ii.

Is there something
to be said

for organized
religion?

I will leave that
to you

It’s not been
all bad

It’s been far
From mostly good

And what mother’s son
wouldn’t wonder enough

to go back to
the original

Inner Workings
in the scrolls

in the cave
on leather

By
the sea

Dipped in
blood ink

To see the vision
before the staging?

iii.
bring back
my children

from
afar [4Q176]

Wake up
and put on

Your
strength

Hand down your
walking stick and hike

It’s due time
for glory

war is on the
land

Your redeemer is
the story. - J.Vaughan 2023

Also hear Fragments in a Jug - My Mother Prayed MP3

Also see Hebrew Verse on my Poetry Bookshelf  - MoonTraveller Site