Did he play with the blessed Big Twelve, cracking
inside jokes? Riding through Jerusalem,
did he lean to John and whisper (smacking
of low humor), “I’m on my ass again.”
Had Luke dined at the Last Supper, would J.
have groaned, “This is my body, and, hey, doc,
I got this pain in my lower back.” Say
he joined Magdalene in bed: Would he shock
his mistress, aping that line to his mom
at Cana (his first miracle, I’ve no doubt)
moaning, “Woman, my time has not yet come?”
On the cross, did he quip, “I’m just hanging out?”
D’you ever read whether some critics felt
he’d have proved a huge hit on the Borscht Belt?
Roger Armbrust
May 28, 2007
