told us of feeding five thousand
turned water to wine
jesus
come back from the dead
we lapped it up
yearned for more
got greedy
said the man
elect him and we could so dine
drew us a fish in the sand
he was the chosen one
that day cocaine was found in the water
our bellies fiercely grumbled
and our tongues had the sour taste
of the devious
devil shit
Drinking water in UK contains Cocaine
©Philip Johnson
Philip's work has appeared in: Poetry Super Highway, Poetry 24, The Ugly Tree; Poetry Scotland,
Emergency Verse, Write Away, Caught In The Net, Red Pencil,
Writer's Hood, Transparent Words; Emergency Verse
and The Robin Hood Book
