3: Jesus falls for the first time

[thielpoems]

    Stones and old rubble lie scattered around -
            the man gets his foot stuck and slips.
    Collapsing, he tumbles face-first to the ground;
            there's blood on his neck and his lips.

Funny, this notion so clear and intact
            of being unspeakably poor
    expressed in the simple unbearable fact
            of not standing up anymore.