by Edward Higgins
Jonah would laugh,
no doubt,
at this miracle
of reversal:
Jesus,
fish of God,
now swallowed
in human flesh:
God in us,
digested—
spirit calories
feeding hunger cells
with forgiveness,
until finally,
Jonah-like,
we, too, turn
toward Nineveh,
imperfect messengers
filled with
wine-blood love,
and bread-broken
redemption.
