12-20-2012, 08:51 PM
(12-20-2012, 07:21 AM)benthejack Wrote: Jesus born for us?I'd capitalise 'birthday' and maybe tweak 'cruel punishment.' Who is being punished? Jesus or us? Maybe alter slightly to add depth of understanding. 'Joke to a dead man'? Or something else... It's getting a bit late for thinking properly.
birthday spectacle feels like
A cruel punishment.
Maybe you wanted that line to be ambiguous. Whichever the case, I liked it. Your poem has an underlying resentment that's quite endearing.

