JUDAS SUTRA (abridged)

thus i have heard
that judas was born on the cusp  
of Taurus and Gemini  
and was therefore conflicted  
and prone to bouts of    
blind faith and dire pragmatism  
and so was the perfect foil for the lord  
who had a bold plan to save mankind  
involving the transubstantiation    
of ordinary human cells into a glorified state  
of pure holy light that would shine like  
the sun for the lost sheep of israel and, hell,  
why not for the lost sheep of every god damned nation  
(that is, every nation God had damned,  
which was just about every other nation)  
and wasn't it about time for something like this  
because the world was skewed  
what with rome having chewed up and swallowed  
God's chosen like a small bowl of fat grapes  
and that was the only way judas made it into the club    
because. hell, peter didn't like him  
nor james nor john nor even young Nate  
but the lord insisted  
and that, my good friends,  
is how the whole thing came to pass  
amen