Not Jesus
The man said I look like Jesus
With my long hair and beard
I didn’t know what to say
So I told him that Jesus
Sounds like a pretty rad dude
And a great philosopher
He said that Jesus and I have similar qualities
And proceeded to list a few
But I had stopped listening
I have a bad habit of daydreaming while people are talking to me
And He really is
A strange old man
He believes that women should be in charge of everything
He tries to argue that they are more loving and rational
As if those two things compliment each other
And that we should put them in charge of EVERYTHING
But I think he is just overcompensating for feeling guilty about being a straight white male in Today's western society
He jokingly said that dogs and women should be in charge once
At least
I think he was joking
He said dogs love unconditionally
I told him
Some dogs
Bite
And I told him that unconditional love doesn’t exist in the world
But that conditional love
Is all there actually is
I told him,
‘See?
I am not Jesus
I have a different philosophy then him
I’m not the ‘anti’ him
Or anything
But yeah…
He was a rad dude
Who embodied the philosophy he taught
And I am definitely not that.’
This man was a writer once
And he also was a very successful business man
But now
He is an extreme feminist
And maybe
A dogist ?
If that's a thing?
If only he knew me
Then he would know
That comparing Jesus and I
Was hilarious
Even these words
Feel silly to write
But then I remind myself
That I am not responsible
For the delusions of old silly man
And if he wants to think that I am like Jesus
Or at least the whitewashed portrait of Jesus we have in America
Then fine by me
He is
A strange old man anyways...
-C.H.