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Making Sense . . . of Recent Events

(Eric Shansby)

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He said that he had meant

no wrong,

That he'd just forgot to pay.

I am the dumbest

man alive,

He told the

jury, with a

stammer.

They rolled their

eyes, and said:

Survive

A few years in the

slammer.

Jesus on Trial, (or What Rhymes With Christianity?)

In Italy, a man filed suit to challenge Christianity.

He wants a priest to prove for sure that Jesus did exist.

If you cannot, he smirked, with a self-satisfied urbanity

Those Sunday sermons that you give? Cease, padre, and desist.

Now you might think that such a suit is just an act of vanity

-- A hostile, atheistic stunt that's best to be ignored.

You overestimate the likes of Blitzer, Zahn and Hannity

The TV types were flogging it -- the whole galumphing horde.

It might be fun to be in court to witness this inanity,

But not to be the guy from whom a ruling must be nudged.

The weight of error lies on him, as heavy as a manatee.

For some dude somewhere surely said: "Judge not, lest

ye be judged."

Gene Weingarten's e-mail address is weingarten@washpost.com.

Chat with him online Tuesdays at noon at www.washingtonpost.com

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