Ragamuffin Rumours

I tell you

it’s hard to
know

what to
believe

there’s a
story flying round the town

that the
Messiah’s been born

here in
Bethlehem

would you
credit it

right here

in this very
town they say

and there
are wild rumours

of angels

and dazzling
stars

and choirs
in the sky

it beggars
belief

the Messiah

here

in Bethlehem

it’s only
gossip I’m sure

let’s face
it

the town’s
bursting at the seams

with this
stupid census

and no-one
else

not one
single person

seems to
have heard or seen

this
‘heavenly announcement’

strikes me

maybe the
wine’s been flowing

a little too
freely

at all those
family reunions

I have to
say though

it’s certainly
got folks talking

but here’s
the rub

they say it
started

with a group
of shepherds

spreading
the news

well I ask
you

what a group
of misfits and rogues they are

it has to be
a hoax

the hope of
Israel?

born in
Bethlehem?

and a bunch
of ragamuffin shepherds

the first to
hear the news?

can’t
possibly be true

ChristmasJesusPoetryshepherds
December 16th, 2017

Pat Marsh

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